Description

RAILWAY TIMES is the new twice-yearly journal covering the changes and events on British Railways year by year starting from 1948. 1948 was a year of upheaval. Public ownership meaning four very different organisations had to begin to be welded into one corporate entity. This meant the start of a standardised policy stretching from Cornwall to Scotland and all places between. It was a fascinating year and one which is explored in this new title. 80 pages softback.

Introduction 3
Nationalisation – the outward and visible manifestations of change 4
The times they are a-changin’ 13
The 1948 Locomotive exchange trials schedules 15
British Railways advertisements 18
Peppercorn’s new pacifics 19
Straight outta Horwich! 23
Named expresses 25
Atlantic abomination 30
1948 in colour 34
Oil conversion scheme scrapped 37
Curtains for the Corris 38
Passengers no more on the East Kent railway 39
End of the line for passengers on the Easingwold railway 41
A re-opening of sorts 42
Scottish border floods 43
Canadian pathetic 52
Rugby testing plant 53
Royalty comes to Doncaster 57
Black 5 modifications 59
Last of the line 62
Nameplate news 66
Brief encounters 68
Accident report 71
First of the many – the main line diesel twins 72
Southern region round up 74
Loss Leader? 76
Also making the news 79
In the next issue 80