VOLUME 3-1956-1958 years of change. Modernisation Plan announced 1955, older classes sent to scrap heap. Branch line closures + some minor cross-country lines had succumbed.Standardisation becoming apparent as Riddles classes made their mark.WEST COUNTRY-Penzance-Chard,via Cornish M/L & Branches,Exeter & N/S Devon,with Counties,Castles,Kings,Prairies,T9s,M7s,West Countries.WORKS VISITS-Brighton,Eastleigh + Swindon,SR&WR locos,LN,N15 10XX,City of Truro,Q1.SOUTH WALES-Western+ LMS in Wales.Barry Pier-Moat Lane Jct,Swansea Victoria,Pantyffynon,Dowlais Top,New Tredegar,Three Cocks.Jinties,Black 5s, Ivatt 2-6-0s,Panniers,Collett 0-6-0s.SHROPSHIRE + MONTGOMERYSHIRE-Col.Stephens Rly under heel of military!MIDLANDS-N.Staffs from train, Grt Central in Notts,train spotting Clay Cross,Varsity Line-Kettering,Directors,Crabs,8Fs,5s,9F,Compound + LTSR 4-4-2T at Uppingham.NORTH EAST-East Coast M/L at Thirsk,Coast Line-Whitby-Sandsend,double heading at Goathland,A2s,A3s,V2s,L1s,A8s + B1s. SCOTLAND-Dumfries, SW Coast-Largs,ending at Kilmarnock + Larkhall,with 2Ps,3Fs,4Ps,5s + 6p!- VOLUME 4-Late 1950s-early 1960s-year in which B.R.s last steam loco built.SOUTH WALES-Last train,with Coal Tank & Super D,over ex-LNWR Heads of Valley line,Abergavenny-Merthyr + Risca-Tredegar.WELSH BORDERS-Chepstow-Monmouth + Ross,Ledbury-Ross,with 14XX,57XX,2251,43XX,a Castle,Railcars.CROSS COUNTRY-Stow on Wold,Savernake,Midland + Grt N.Joint.Grt Ormsby-Sutton Bridge, Ivatt 2-6-0s, D16/3, J6.BIRMINGHAM + BLACK COUNTRY-Railtours around Birmingham,Henley-in-Arden + goods branch,Wolverhampton + Royal Oak industrials.WORKS VISITS-Horwich + Crewe,with L&Y 0-6-0STs + 0-6-0s,Black 5s.LANCS + YORKS-From Blackburn,to Hellifield,Burnley,Bolton + Preston,Todd Lane Jct-8fs,5s,Fairburns.GCR lines Barnsley,York Stn.SCOTLAND-Inverness, 1960 Scottish Tour,Highland M/L-Perth with 'Jones Goods', Crieff with a Caley 4-4-0,West Highland,Tyndown-Fort William. Approx.110 mins.
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