Backtrack

Backtrack, Britain's Leading Historical Railway Journal, covers all aspects of railway history from its earliest days through to more recent events up to around ten years before now including, early railway history from the 'pre-Stephenson' era, steam, diesel and electric locomotive history, railway company history, railway carriages and wagons, railway stations, railway ships, hotels & road vehicles, railway economic and social history, railway publicity and advertising. Backtrack's contributors include many of today's leading railway history writers. From the beginning the magazine has maintained a reputation for its production values and each issue contains a wealth of photographs reproduced to the highest standards, including a generous selection of historic colour. Published monthly, Backtrack is THE magazine for all who are interested in British railway history.

Editorial • All things considered…

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THIS WAS THE SOMERSET & DORSET LINE

THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BASSENTHWAITE LAKE STATION

COMPLETING THE TRIANGLE THE SEVENOAKS CUT-OFF

HARDER WORK THAN THEY MIGHT HAVE BEEN

FIVE RAILWAY BRIDGES OVER THE BIG DITCH • JEFFREY WELLS describes how the railways had to cross the Manchester Ship Canal.

THE DOXFORD CRANE TANKS • A selection of photographs from the collection of Robin and Thomas Sellers

ROAMING THROUGH MID-WALES

A FEW RAILWAY GHOSTS • DAVID BRANDON relates a few seasonal and mysterious tales of the unexplained…

A DOUBLE PIONEER FROM EARLY ELECTRIFICATION TO LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT, EVOLUTION ON THE MANCHESTER-BURY LINE

‘WESTERN’ SUMMER

THE KINGHORN AND BERWICK COLLISIONS OF DECEMBER 1891

BOLTON ON THE TURN • American traveller EMERY J. GULASH visited Bolton in May 1968 as the railway was about to leave the steam era and vehicles were changing colour as the new 'British Rail' corporate livery came to be applied.

THE SITE FOR CAYTHORPE STATION

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