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KENT COAL TRAFFIC IN THE 1970S • THE HIGHLANDS IN THE 80s
A CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC DIESELS & ELECTRICS
ISSUE 253
SEPT/OCT 2019
EASTLEIGH WORKS
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
STONE TRAINS
•
PRE TOPS CLASS 37S
www.traction-magazine.co.uk
SEPT/OCT 2019
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£5.99
9 771354 268989
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EXPLORING TOTON DEPOT IN 1979
•
REMEMBERING WOLVERTON ARC
• LAYOUT: RECREATING WATFORD JUNCTION IN N GAUGE
• REVIEWED: BACHMANN’S CLASS 90 & DAPOL’S BOGIE BOLSTER
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Contents
6
Kent Coal
by David J. Hayes
14
Highland Flings
by Glen Batten
22
The English Electric
Type 3s before TOPS
25
The West Coast Main
Line (Southern Section)
by Andy Armitage
32
News and Reviews
38
Coal by electric train
by Colin Boocock
46
Eastleigh Works 100
by Tom Braund
52
Calder Valley
photos by Gavin Morrison
56
‘Dad, where’s Toton?’
by Steve Randall
64
The Wolverton ARC stone
trains remembered
by Nick Ross
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Welcome
Welcome to the September/ October issue of TRACTION. When
you think of coal trains, probably the last place you would expect
for there to be significant activity would be in the ‘Garden of
England’, Kent. However, as David Hayes shows in his article about
Kent coal traffic in the 1970s, there were significant numbers of
such trains to be seen south of the Thames.
Moving to the opposite end of Britain, in his feature ‘Highland
Flings’, Glen Batten recalls many journeys in Scotland, especially
on the lines in the Highlands.
For a short time in the late ‘sixties and early ‘seventies, British Rail
dispensed with the D prefix on its locomotive numbers. Colour-
Rail’s photo feature shows the English Electric Type 3s in those
fi
nal years before TOPS renumbering changed the type’s identity to
Class 37.
In this issue we also feature coal traffic of a very different type to
that seen in Kent. On the south bank of the River Tyne, the National
Coal Board operated a most unusual electrified line from the mines
near South Shields down to the staithes by the river. Colin Boocock
was fortunate enough to be given a guided tour of the line and
describe the fascinating system that he found.
Open days have always been a favourite among railway
enthusiasts and one of the most successful was that at Eastleigh
Works in May 2009 to celebrate 100 years of the works. Tom
Braund was blessed with excellent lighting conditions for
photography and recorded the event on
fi
lm.
One of the Trans-Pennine routes that is often overlooked by
enthusiasts is Calder Valley line between Mirfield and Todmorden.
However, it has experienced a wide variety of traffic over the years
and Gavin Morrison, living close by, has recorded much of this and
has selected a few of his images for TRACTION.
In his article ‘Dad, where’s Toton?’, Steve Randall confesses
that his
fi
rst attempt to see some of the large locomotive allocation
of this depot ended in failure as he travelled to Totton near
Southampton, instead of Toton on the outskirts of Nottingham!
Nevertheless a short time afterwards he was able to visit the
East Midland’s depot and was rewarded with rich pickings for his
notebook.
The days of the ARC stone trains to Wolverton for the new town
building work at Milton Keynes are remembered by Nick Ross
together with details of the changes in motive power and wagons
recorded over a twenty year period.
Turning now to TRACTION MODELLING much of this section
is given over to the superb West Coast Main Line (Southern
Section) layout that Andy Armitage has built in N Scale. It is a truly
impressive achievement and, to do the layout justice, we have split
the article into two parts with the second half appearing in the next
issue. Regular readers will be familiar with Andy’s articles about
working at Euston signal box in recent issues of TRACTION, so
perhaps it should come as no surprise that the line near Watford
Junction and Harrow & Wealdstone is
the subject of the layout.
In our review section we look at the
superb new Bachmann Class 90 which
would, of course, be very much at home
on a 4mm scale version of the west
Coast Main Line. Dapol’s new Bogie
Bolster E is another example of the
superb quality of freight wagons that are
now being released.
Stephen
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KENT COAL TRAFFIC IN THE 1970S • THE HIGHLANDS IN THE 80s
A CELEBRATION OF CLASSIC DIESELS & ELECTRICS
SSUE 253
SEPT OCT 2019
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EASTLEIGH WORKS
CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
STONE TRAINS
CLASS 37S
9 771354 268149
•
REMEMBERING WOLVERTON ARC
•
PRE TOPS
• LAYOUT: RECREATING WATFORD JUNCTION IN N GAUGE
• REVIEWED: BACHMANN’S CLASS 90 & DAPOL’S BOGIE BOLSTER
www.warnersgroup.co.uk
Electro-diesels 73109 and 73006
are seen at the ‘Eastleigh Works 100’
open weekend in May 2009
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