Traction
Mar/Apr 24
In this issue of TRACTION we start with an account of two photographic expeditions to the Coalville line in 1986 when the line was still busy with coal traffic.
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Nov/Dec 23
We start this issue of TRACTION with a visit to Lancaster Station in 1992, and see the wide variety of motive power on view. We continue the story of a railwayman’s career at Bristol Bath Road depot…
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Sept/Oct 23
We start this issue with an account of a week spent travelling around East Anglia by train in summer 1985, when the writer photographed the railway with DMUs and loco hauled trains still operating on…
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Mar/Apr 23
We start this issue with a visit to northern Scotland to photograph trains on the Highland Main Line and the line to Kyle of Lochalsh.
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Jan/Feb 23
This issue starts with an article about the evenings spent watching trains on Rattery Bank in Devon with a surprising amount of freight action & we conclude the two part article about milk traffic to…
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Nov/Dec 22
We start a two part series about the once vibrant traffic that brought milk from all over Britain to London. In the first part we concentrate on the 1960s and 1970s.
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Sept/Oct 22
This special issue of TRACTION focuses largely, but not exclusively, on the rail freight scene.
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Jul/Aug 22
We start with an article about a type of freight service that has almost completely disappeared from Britain’s railway, the trip freight train.
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May/Jun 22
We begin with a visit to Mossend Yard, the major rail freight centre in Scotland, in June 1989. Another freight article looks at military traffic in the post privatisation years.
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Mar/Apr 22
In this issue there are two articles about military traffic, the first being about the movement oft MOD stores after the ending of the Speedlink network in 1991.
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