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Volume 15 No.7 August 2026

Contents

Alan Johnstone — An Appreciation

Derek Walmsley

and CRA Members

290

In My View

Nick Stanbra

291

Replacing Clifton WCML Bridge 162A, January 2026

Andrew Naylor,

assisted by members

of the CRA Chatline.

292

The Princess Royals of the LMS and their Operation in Northern England

            Part 2

John M Hammond

298

Train 703

            The record-breaking trial runs by No. 6201

            Princess Elizabeth in November 1936

Andrew Naylor

308

The CRA at 50: a Retrospective

            Part 3 — The Way We Were — 2016–2026

Ken Harper,

Geoff Holme

and David Hunter

312

Mystery Photograph 300

            The Whitehaven Carriage Sets

Geoff Ayers and

Mike Williams

318

Rationalisation and Re-signalling of the WCML

            Part 30 — Hest Bank (Bolton-le-Sands)

Mike Norris

322

The Electronic Telegraph

David Hunter

330

Cumbrian Railways Today

John Peel

332

Further to . . .

            Dalston Station

Denis Perriam

333

Aw Maks o’ Specials

John Peel

334

Letters

            Doctored photo of Royal Scot Locomotive

            Cumbria Coast Traffic — Coal

 

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