Machins need not be too daunting

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COLLECTING GREAT BRITAIN

In the last issue Richard West looked at the

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Stamp Collector Magazine

10 June 2022

Model Rail

Kr models bulleid ‘leader ’ 0-6-0+0 6-0

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Steam Days

The locomotives of thornton junction’s final steam shed

As we have seen across five articles so far – see related reading from the authors, page 23 – the provision of an engine shed at Thornton Junction facilitated a broad reach of influence and operation

Best of British

Yesterday remembered

One day late in 1939, a small article appeared in our daily newspaper. It was submitted by the government and was an appeal for British women to knit socks for men in the army, which was unable to obt

Steam Railway

Robertsbridge

In a quiet corner of rural East Sussex, a railway is rising like a phoenix. What had once seemed like a pipe dream is rapidly becoming reality, with the link from Bodiam on the Kent & East Sussex Railway to the main line at Robertsbridge – one of the biggest projects happening in preservation right now – scheduled to open in 2028. THOMAS BRIGHT finds out more.