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In a guest editorial this month JOHN SCHOLES, compiler of the detailed captions for our industrial railways photograph features, shares some philosophical thoughts. ‘History is bunk’ is an oft misquoted section of a 1916 lengthy interview with Henry

Jeremy Clarke's fascinating account of the Chessington branch (Vol.36 No.2) took me right back to the days when I knew it well. Ruxley Towers, a neo-Gothic pile, some fifteen minutes walk from Chessington South, was the headquarters of NAAFI (Navy, A

Excellent Very Good Good Fair Poor By John Hodge and Ray Caston. Published by Pen & Sword Transport 2022 Price £35.00 ISBN 978-1-39909-605-8. 243pp 280x215mm. Profusely illustrated with black and white and colour pictures. The Brecon and Merthyr line

I enjoyed L. A. Summers's article (November), especially the insights into those exports that have survived abroad in contrast to their UK-based equivalents. Mr. Summers did not mention one very important player in Britain's colonial locomotive purch