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    Feb 17, 2022 4 minutes

    Memories of a West Country signalman

    On p655 of the December issue there is a picture of a GWR ‘45XX’ at Tavistock. Interestingly, the ex-LMS brake coach behind the engine has a Scottish (SC) number prefix. How such a coach got to the Tavistock branch could be a story in itself.

    Jim Parley, by email

    Take the train for the boat

    Part One of Philip Benham’s review (January) tackles a complex subject in a readable way. To correct a typographical error, ‘London & Blackwell Railway’ should read ‘London & Blackwall Railway’.

    The variation in departure times of Cross-Channel boat trains was not caused by British Summer Time directly, but by non-coincident changeover dates for BST and

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