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Mr. Fowler's Class 3 Tanks
In 1930 Henry Fowler introduced on the London Midland & Scottish Railway a new 2-6-2T of Class 3 power rating but if it was expected these would be a smaller version of his already highly regarded Class 4 2-6-4T of 1927, then disappointment loomed. W
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Editorial
Long-distance train travel means different things to different people. For some a journey on one of the main lines to London will be quite an outing whether on business or for the experience of a visit to the capital. For others, peregrinating from o
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The Decline Of The Manchester Ship Canal Railway part Two Partington And Ellesmere Port
Although the eastern end of the Manchester Ship Canal’s railway system witnessed the greatest decline in traffic there were also cutbacks elsewhere on the company’s rail estate including at Partington, some nine miles west of Manchester. An important

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