MRS Journal No.80 (Autumn 2022)

£5.00

Table of Contents

Front Cover Illustration: Derby Official photograph dated 1875 of Cheltenham station in 1875.

Tibberton Bridge: use of timber for bridge construction on early railways by John Earl & John Miles

Low Side Goods Wagons Part 3 – Conversions, Disposals & Numbering by Stephen Lea

Foreigners: MR 4-2-2 locomotive No.35 leaving Cheltenham Station circa 1905 and two from the same position at the top of the Lickey incline. Ian Howard

Some Notes on Second Class Carriages of the Midland Predecessors by Tom Nicholls

The Macallan and Other Variable Blast-pipes by Adrian Tester

Line Speeds in 1875: Transcribed verbatim from the original hand written minutes of a meeting held on 15th April 1875 in S.W. Johnston’s office (Locomotive Superintendent) with Andrew Johnston (Engineer) and Edward Needham (Supt. of the Line).

Colour photographs of two 4mm EM scale model 4-wheel carriages of the London and Birmingham Railway. These were very similar to those built for the Midland Counties Railway and the North Midland Railway. Tom Nicholls, Chris Cox

Back Cover Illustration: Bridge No.63 at Tibberton taken on 22 February 2022.