MRS Journal No.81 (Summer 2023)

£5.00

Table of Contents

Front Cover Illustration: Harlington Station taken 10th June 1973 by M. A. King

The Nailsworth/Stroud Branch (Part Two) by Tony Gomersall

High Side Goods Wagons Part 1 – The Rise of the D299 8-ton Wagon by Stephen Lea

Trio of B&W photographs:’Big Bertha’ at the back of Derby Loco Works, BR (ex-MR) Johnson 0-4-4T No. 58047 at Polsham (S&DJR) and a ‘going away’ shot of rebuilt Royal Scot 4-6-0 locomotive No. 46111 ‘Royal Fusilier’ on the Up Ulster Express somewhere on the London Extension by Robin Cullup

The Puzzle of DY1032: Derby official photograph DY1032 depicts MR 2-4-0 loco No. 1510 on its side down a shallow embankment and is described as ‘Accident at Darfield by Tony Overton

Foreigners:  MR Alcester Station with a GWR 517 Class 0-4-2T,, illustrated with a plan of Alcester Junction and a photo of GWR Birmingham Moor Street station goods shed being erected circa 1908 with a line up of five MR open wagons by Ian Howard

Kegworth – A Mystery Solved! Sir George Ernest Paget, Chairman of the Midland Railway, who lived at Sutton Bonnington Hall donated land for the purpose of a providing new cemetery. By Richard Gretton

Back Cover Illustration: The coloured plan for the proposed new cemetery at Kegworth (Sutton Bonnington).