| 445 | “The Cauliflowers”. A detailed study of the 18 inch 0-6-0 ‘Cauliflower’ Goods engines introduced for the LNWR from the 1880’s, some later rebuilt with Belpaire boilers, with the last of these engines being withdrawn fifty years ago in 1955. 11 pages.
Steam Days. issue 189 – May 2005 |
| 446 | “The ‘Scots’ and their Weans” (part 1) . Article by Michael Rutherford. This is number 112 of Michael’s Railway Reflections series, with 10 pages and 17 photographs. The article charts the development of the LMS 4-6-0 classes, including a look back to their forebears, particularly the ‘Claughtons’.
Backtrack. Vol. 19 No. 6 – June 2005 |
| 447 | “Joseph Locke and the Stephensons”. Article by David Gilks. The Times, in its obituary of Locke on 21 September 1860, named him as one of the great “engineering triumvirate” with Brunel and Robert Stephenson. David outlines his career and relationships with the other great Victorian engineers. 6 pages, 6 illustrations (4 are prints from the early Victorian period) and 30 references.
Backtrack. Vol. 19 No. 6 – June 2005 |
| 448 | “This Way for America”. Five official LNWR colour postcards from Ray Farrell. They show elegant Edwardian ladies and gentlemen in the sumptuous interiors of the American Special stock of 1908. The “finest boats and trains in the world” claimed the Company – truly “The Premier Line”!
Backtrack. Vol. 19 No. 6 – June 2005 |
| 449 | “Leeds” (Part 4) . Article about the railways of Leeds. This part concentrates on the Joint station; it extends to 7 pages and includes 10 photographs, mainly from the 1950’s and very early 1960’s.
British Railways Illustrated. Vol. 14 No. 9 – June 2005 |
| 450 | “Of Great Public Advantage” (Part 1) . Article by Geoffrey Skelsey. Aspects of Cambridge and its railways 1845 — 2005. The article majors on the “main” routes but there is brief mention of the LNWR route from Bletchley. 7 pages, a map, 8 illustrations and photographs.
Backtrack. Vol. 19 No. 7 – July 2005 |
| 451 | “The ‘Scots’ and their Weans” (Part 2) . Article by Michael Rutherford. No. 113 of Michael’’s Railway Reflections series, with 9 pages 14 illustrations and photographs, 44 references and 3 tables. Also see Press Digest reference 446. The specific LNWR content is small, but some excellent photographs show ex. LNWR infrastructure including the fine signal gantry at Longsight, and Rugby.
Backtrack. Vol. 19 No. 7 – July 2005 |
| 452 | “Rebuilding Upperby”. A 10 page article about the ex. LNWR shed at Upperby and the alterations made to it in the 1930s and ‘50s. The article includes 12 photographs, most of which show aspects of the 1950s modernisation.
British Railways Illustrated. Vol. 14 No. 10 – July 2005 |
| 453 | “LNWR 4 wheel coach” (Part 1) . Building of a 7mm scale model of a LNWR 4-wheel coach from kits by North Star.
British Railway Modelling. Vol 13 No 3 – June 2005 |
| 453 | “LNWR 4 wheel coach” (Part 2) . Building of a 7mm scale model of a LNWR 4-wheel coach from kits by North Star.
British Railway Modelling. Vol 13 No 3 – July 2005 |
| 454 | “Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway”. An article on the Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway including reference to the LNWR.
Railways Illustrated. January 2005 |
| 455 | “LNWR Eight-Coupled Engines”. Article by Neville Stead. 6 page summary of these locomotives including update and photos on Waterman's Super D. 20 Photos over the years.
The Railway Magazine. August 2005 |
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