Volume 37 no 9 September 2023

BACKTRACK Vol.37 No.9 - SEPTEMBER 2023

• Gems from North Wales - three pages of colour from the Cambrian and Llangollen lines.
• Tartan Cramptons - Robin Barnes writes about this distinctive ‘stern wheeler’ locomotives built for use in Scotland.
• The Five Railway Stations of Oldham - Jeffrey Wells tells how a Lancashire town came to have no fewer than five stations served by four companies.
• Milk Traffic Memories: Part Two - David J. Hayes concludes his overview by looking at activities from the late 1970s up to the 1990s.
• The North Staffordshire Railway ‘New L’ Class - Anthony Dawson introduces an influential design of large mixed traffic tank locomotives.
• West Highland Seasons - three pages of Gavin Morrison’s colour photographs showing the changing colours of the Fort William to Mallaig line.
• ‘Coal Engines’ and ‘Coal Tanks’ - archive photographs of these LNWR workhorses.
• Moretonhampstead and the Teign Valley Railway: Part One - Bruce Laws sets out the story of the Dartmoor branch from Newton Abbot to Moretonhampstead.
• Spoilt for Choice - colour photographs by Paul Joyce depicting West London Underground station architecture.
• Pay as you Go - George Smith looks into the details of Stockton & Darlington Railway pay bills during the company’s early years.
• Kippering in Oban - Alistair Nisbet describes a dispute between the Caledonian Railway and local residents.
• A Minor Collision - Richard Chancellor reports on an unfortunate accident near the Morris Cowley motor factory.