Practice & Performance

  • Practice & Performance: Working at Wortley – 1952

    Practice & Performance: Working at Wortley – 1952

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    Wortley Junction, west of Leeds, was a busy part of the network and had a complex layout. In an unorthodox Practice & Performance,  John Heaton FCILT recalls how the ’box was operated, as well as timings of workings on that route.  DUSK used to fall early on February afternoons in the northern industrial cities of…

  • Practice & Performance: A West Highland celebration

    Practice & Performance: A West Highland celebration

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    Marking the 125th anniversary of the West Highland line, Keith Farr concludes his performance summary of different traction types by looking at the diesel classes that replaced steam. In the August issue I took advantage of the 125th anniversary of the West Highland line to discuss steam performance between Glasgow and Fort William. Supporting the…

  • 1960s Railtours with a difference

    1960s Railtours with a difference

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    Keith Farr takes a nostalgic look at some notable steam rail tours from the 1960s

  • Practice and Performance: City of Truro – Final, final thoughts?

    Practice and Performance: City of Truro – Final, final thoughts?

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    A Practice & Performance Extra article in The RM August 2015 threw new light on the location where Charles Rous-Marten claimed to have recorded a quarter mile in 8.8secs (effectively 102.3mph) by City of Truro with the ‘Ocean Mails’ special. In essence, the platelayers that caused a brake application appeared to have been at Bradford-on-Avon…

  • Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!

    Is it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!

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    John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.

  • LOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style

    LOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style

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    In this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT recalls loco trials undertaken by the LMS to assess locomotive coal consumption in a bid to discover whether trains of lower overall weight could cut costs on lesser used lines.  Any casual lineside observers on September 9, 1931 at Chellaston (some four miles from Derby on…

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