(Updated 27/08/2021)
From time to time other railway and industrial history magazines carry articles that may be of interest to the industrial railway enthusiast. Below are a list of articles in recent issues of such magazines that we feel may be of such interest to visitors to our site.
Archive (No.111
- September 2021) www.lightmoor.co.uk
"The Development of Port Penrhyn - Part Two: 1879-1963" pp52-64
The second (and final) part of a history of this North Wales slate-shipping port, which
formed the northern terminus of the Phenrhyn Quarry Railway. With six large
scale track plans, showing the developing narrow- and then standard-gauge rail systems
around the port.
Also other articles on other industrial and transport history subjects.
Railway
Bylines (September
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"Cornist" pp458-462.
An article about the loco CORNIST (HC 1503/1923) when it worked at the Shelton
Iron, Steel & Coal Co.Ltd. in Staffordshire, with 8 photos and a sketch map
of the company's track layout, including the layout at the
nearby Hanley Deep Pit Colliery.
"Imperial Number 1" p463.
1 large photo, taken in August 1967, of 0-4-0F "IMPERIAL No.1"(AB
2373/1956), with a short article on the Imperial Paper Works, Gravesend, Kent.
"The Gibraltar Dockyard Railway in the late 1940s" pp486-493
A short history of the rail network around "The
Rock" in the post-war period, with a sketch map of the system, and 18
photos of the various parts of the system and it's fleet
of steam and diesel locos.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line railways.
BackTrack (September
2021) www.pendragonpublishing.co.uk
"Back in the Slate Quarries" pp514-516
Seven large B&W photos of narrow gauge steam at work in the Penrhyn and
Dinorwic slate quarries of Snowdonia.
Also other articles, on UK public railways.
NG & Industrial Railway Modelling
Review No.127 (July 2021) narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk
"Prototype Stub Pointwork Examples" pp298-299
An annex to an article on modeling
stub points, showing real-life examples of such pointwork.
"More Sunday Best - St John's Chapel Lead Mine Mine Tramway"
pp310-311
Four photos taken c.1914 of this mine in Durham and it's horse tramway.
"London Brick Company - NUTTY" pp328-330
A brief article about the LBC, mostly featuring their Sentinel geared steam loco
NUTTY, with 5 photos of this loco, taken on 2nd August 1960.
Also other articles about non-industrial narrow gauge subjects and modeling n.g. railways.
Railway
Bylines (August
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"More of Those Andrew Barclay Officials" pp412-415
6 large official works photos of AB industrial saddle tank locos .
"Butterley B21C" pp419
1 large photo, with an extended caption, of B21C (Home made /1907) dumped out of
use at the Butterley Company's Ollerton Colliery in Nottinghamshire. Taken
c/1956 when under NCB ownership.
"In Search of Great Western Survivors: Part 2" pp426-431
Tracing various ex-GWR tank locos that saw further service
at industrial sites, especially with the NCB in South Wales and the Coventry
area, and with London Transport. With 10 photos.
"Falmouth Dockyard Railway" pp438-445.
A short history of operations at the dockyard railway system at Falmouth in
Cornwall. With a plan of the docks in 1960, a list of the company's locos, and
18 photos.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line railways.
Railway
Bylines (July
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"COALBROOKDALE No.5" pp360-361
Featuring the shunting activities of steam locos at West
Cannock and Littleton Collieries in South Staffordshire. With 11 large photos of
steam in the 1960s & early 1970s. Also two large scale track plans of these
pits.
"The Mardy Monster" pp396-397
3 more photos of the big 0-6-0ST Peckett at Maerdy Colliery, South Wales, and
one of its successor diesel EE 8446/1963.
"Lamport No.3" p382-387
The story of the preservation of "Lamport No.3" (0-6-0ST, WB
2670/1942) by a group of enthusiasts (some of them still at school) and its
later life at the Shackerstone and now the East Anglian Railway Museum. With 11
photos.
"Streetwise in Huddersfield - The Beaumont Street Flyer"
pp388-391.
6 photos of 0-4-0STs No.1 (AB 1726/22) or No.2 (AB 1783/1922) working through
the streets to the North Eastern Gas Board's gas works in Huddersfield. With 6
photos and a large scale OS map of the works and it's rail network.
Also other articles on local & branch line railways.
Archive (No.110
- June 2021) www.lightmoor.co.uk
"HAWTHORNS & Co. - And The Leith Engine Works" pp2-20
The short history of this Scottish engineering works, which built quite a number
of steam locomotives, quite a number of them new for industrial service, or
which went to public railways, and were later sold on into industry. The article
includes a list of known locos and a 3½ page summery of the 189 ships that
Hawthorns built between 1871 and 1924.
"The Development of Port Penrhyn - Part One: 1760-1879"
pp34-45
The first part of a history of this North Wales slate-shipping port, which
formed the northern terminus of the Phenrhyn Quarry Railway. With three large
scale plans, showing the developing narrow- and then standard-gauge rail systems
around the port.
Also other articles on other industrial and transport history subjects.
Railway
Bylines (June
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"The Great Western goes North East" pp312-323
A short article on ex-GWR tank locos that were sold second-hand to collieries in
Durham & Northumberland coalfield after the "Grouping" of 1921.
With 9 large photos, with extended captions.
"When Men were Men - And a Mystery Manning Wardle" p325
1 large photo of a contractors' Manning Wardle 0-4-0ST, that was purchased many
years ago by Bob Pratt, but whose precise identity still remains
a mystery.
"The 'Mystery' Manor" pp326-7
The story of the Slough & Windsor Railway Society and its meeting place in a
building known as "The Manor" in Slough. The article contains a photo
of 0-6-0ST "Slough Estates Ltd No.3" (HC 1544/1924), which
was preserved with the help of the S&WRS.
"A Brace of Sentinels at Burton Latimer" pp344-6
The story of the iron ore mining operation of Thos. E. Gray & Co.Ltd. at
Burton Latimer, Northants. With 4 photos of their 2 Sentinel steam locos and one
of their 2ft gauge MR locos.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line railways.
Railway
Bylines (May
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"Northampton Generating Station" pp270-273.
A short history of this power station, with 5 photos - two 0-4-0ST
and one fireless - and a trackplan.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line
railways.
Railway
Bylines (April
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"Magnificent Seven; Standard Gauge Industrial Survivors" pp214-217
The stories of 7 standard gauge industrial steam locos that managed to make it
into preservation - with a history and a photo of each one.
"Austerities in the Midlands & South Wales" pp224-22
9 large photos, with extended captions, of various "Austerity" 0-6-0ST
locos in industrial service.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line railways.
Wheels of Industry (Volume
#4 - April 2021) www.shop.kelsey.co.uk/wheels-of-industry
1 "From Ironstone to Silica at Earls Barton" - narrow gauge
railways that once served iron ore pits in Northamptonshire, but later worked at
extracting silica sand.
2 "Industrial Railways of the Lothians" - a selection of pictures
of industrial locos at work in the three Lothian counties in
Scotland.
3 "Narrow Gauge in the Vale of Belvoir" -
the narrow gauge systems the served the iron ore operations around Eaton &
Eastwell in Leicestershire.
4 "A well thought out design - The Borrows well-tank" - the
history of this design, which was originally produced by Edward Borrows and
later copied by other firms.
5 "The Carrickfergus Pecketts" -
the Peckett 0-4-0STs which worked at the Courtaulds Ltd factory in
Northern Ireland.
6 "Hardwick's Yard April 1964" - various industrial steam locos
which were found dumped at this scrapyard in Ewell in London.
7 "Coal on the Coast - The Saundersfoot Railway" - the history
of this Scottish colliery railway, which was of the unusual gauge of 4ft 0in,
with very squat steam locos.
8 "West Cumberland Iron" - industrial steam that worked at the
iron ore mines at Hodbarrow and Millom on the Cumbrian coast.
9 "Charles Wall's Locomotives" - the strange collection of steam
locos, mostly home-made, which were used by the contractor Charles Wall Ltd.
10 "The Last Years of Industrial Steam Locomotive Building - Part 2" -
conclusion of a survey of the last industrial steam locos, built in the
post-war period.
11 "Early Hudswell Clarke Internal Combustion Locomotives" - an
overview of HC's early i.c. locos, which included locos, railcars and even
miniature, steam-outline locos.
12 "Betchworth Limeworks - Five railways on four gauges!" - a short
history of this limeworks in Surrey, with various systems, including one of the
odd gauge of 3ft 2¼in.
Note: this is predicted to be the last in this series of 4 industrial railway "bookazines" - at least for the moment.
Railway
Bylines (March
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"BICC Railway Visit 1968" pp160-163
A short history of this 3ft 6in gauge industrial system, which served the works
of British Insulated Callender's Cables in Erith, Kent, and which was visited by
a party from the University College London Railway Society
in 1968, just before the system closed in May of that year. This article
includes 8 photos, with mostly lengthy captions.
"In Search of Great Western Survivors: Part 1" pp164-167
Tracing various ex-GWR tank locos that saw further service
at industrial sites, especially with the NCB, in South Wales and Durham. With 8
large photos
"Famous Around Here" pp176-181
A short article, with 10 photos, of various industrial steam & diesel
workings in the Castleford area of West Yorkshire - plus an OS large scale map of
the area.
"Two Old Survivors" pp194-196
A history - with 6 photos - of ex-East & West Junction Railway locos No.1
(BP 1830/1879) and HOPE (YE 185/1872), during their later industrial service at
coal mines.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line
railways.
Locomotives International Issue 129
(February - March 2021) www.mainlineandmaritime.co.uk
"The Braden Copper Mountain Railway" pp10-13
The history of this railway in Chile, which linked the copper mines at Sewell with an
interchange with the Chilean State Railways at Rancagua, and which operated from
1911 to c.1978. The line was 2ft 6in gauge and its motive power consisted
mainly of Shay articulated locos, until Whitcomb diesels
were acquired in 1947-9.
"Lost Treasures of the Philippines: La Carlota (II)"
pp10-11
5 more photos of US-built steam locos that worked at this big sugar mill system on
Negros Island, taken in the early 1980's.
Also other articles about non-industrial narrow gauge subjects and modeling n.g. railways.
NG & Industrial Railway Modelling Review No.125 (January 2021) narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk
"Green Energy Recycled Locomotives of Llechwedd" pp213-221
The story of the two OHW electric locos at Llechwedd Slate Quarry in Wales that
were rebuilt from two Bagnall 0-4-0ST locos "MARGARET" and
"EDITH". The article includes
large scale (1:32) drawings of both of these locos, in their second,
electric life.
"Jössen Train Ferry" pp231-234
The story of an unusual train ferry in Northern Germany, that was used to carry
600mm gauge trains belonging to a brickworks across the river Weser from
claypits on the east bank to the works on the west bank. Includes a map of the
lines serving the ferry and diagrams explaining
it's unique method of operation.
Also other articles about non-industrial narrow gauge subjects and modeling n.g. railways.
Locomotives International Issue 128
(December 2020/January 2021) www.mainlineandmaritime.co.uk
"Lost Treasures of the Philippines: La Carlota (I)"
pp60-61
6 photos of US-built steam locos that worked at this big sugar mill system on
Negros Island, taken in the early 1980's.
Also other articles about non-industrial narrow gauge subjects and modeling n.g. railways.
Railway
Bylines (February
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"Somerset Coalfield and Railways in the Early 1970s" pp102-109
A survey of the coalmines around Radstock in their final
days in the 1970s. With 13 photos and 3 O.S. maps.
"Trains Cross Here, But So Do..." pp110-111.
2 photos of No.2 (AB ?/?) 0-4-0ST of the North Eastern Gas Board, working over
the connecting line into Huddersfield Gas Works, taken on 11th September 1953.
"Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners" pp112-119.
The history of the railway system at the harbour in
Londonderry, which included mixed gauge tracks to provide access
for the 3ft gauge Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway. With 12 photos a large
scale OS map of local layout in 1905.
"Barnstone Cement Works" pp132-135.
A short history of the cement works at Barnstone in Nottinghamshire, with 6
photos taken on a visit in 10th May 1969.
"Tymawr Times" pp138-143.
A short history of Tymawr Colliery in South Wales, with 8 photos taken on visits
in its last days, which ended with the raising of the last tub of coal on 21st
June 1983.
"BETTY at the Chapel" pp144-145.
A large format photo of BETTY (Peckett 1968/39) of the Nevill's Dock &
Railway Co. - outside the Siloah Independent Chapel in Llanelly - taken on 20th
November 1961.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line railways.
Railway
Bylines (January
2021) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"STANTON No.24" pp74-75
Three photos, taken in the late 1950s/early 1960s, of 0-4-0 crane tank loco
STANTON No.23 (1875/25) on the internal rail system of Stanton Ironworks Co.,
Ilkeston, Derbyshire. With a brief history of this loco, now preserved, and its
7 sister locos.
"Providence Provided" pp82-83.
2 photos, taken in March 1959, of 0-4-0WT No.3 (Borrows 37/1898), being
serviced, at the works of the Wallsend Slipway & Engineering Co.Ltd.,
Wallsend, Northumberland. The text includes a short history of the locos of this
type, built by Borrows and later by Kerr, Stuart.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line railways.
Railway
Bylines (December
2020) www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"Tongham Gas Works, Aldershot,
21 April 1956" pp14-17
A brief history of his gas works, with 5 photos taken on the above date, with
their Peckett 0-4-0ST at work.
"An Industrial Mixed Bag" pp18-21
6 photos of assorted industrial steam in action around the
country, generally taken
in the late 1950s.
"GEORGE JENNINGS, Gone But Not Forgotten" pp28-29.
The history of the South Western Pottery Works at Parkstone, near Poole, Dorset
and it's 0-4-0ST "GEORGE JENNINGS" (Peckett 920/1902), with two photos
of the loco and an OS map of the site.
"AMAZON at Lowca" p30
2 photos of the "Austerity" 0-6-0ST "AMAZON" (VF 5297/1945)
at the NCB's Lowca system near Whitehaven, seen during an
enthusiast's tour in either March 1968 or May 1969.
"Not Any Old Iron, But Cargo Fleet Iron" pp32-39
The history of the Cargo Fleet Iron Co., and it's massive iron & steel works
at Middlesbrough in North Yorkshire. With a sketch map of the railway network
between Middlesbrough and Redcar and a section of the large scale OS map of
1929. Also 8 photos of its steam locos
"Officially Barclay: More of the Caledonia Works Official
Photographs" pp40-41
3 more official works photos of various industrial steam locos; 2 standard gauge, and
1 narrow gauge, all with extended captions.
Also other articles about non-industrial narrow gauge subjects and modeling n.g. railways.
Railway
Bylines (November
2020)
www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"GORDON the Taff Vale Engine" pp564-565
A short article with 3 photos about the ex-Taff Vale 0-6-2T that was sold by the
GWR to the Longmoor Military railway, before being resold to the NCB for use in
Durham. Finally it was donated for preservation in 1960.
"JUDY and ALFRED" pp568-575
The story of "low-height" Bagnall 0-4-0ST's JUDY and ALFRED, which
worked at the Port of Par in Cornwall, before finally
finding a home in preservation on the Bodmin & Wenford Railway. With 11 large photos of
the locos and 2 of the low bridge that resulted in their diminutive
stature.
"Iron Ore at Eastwell" p586-587
3 photos of the 3ft gauge rail system at the Eastwell Quarries opencast iron-ore
pits in Leicestershire, which closed in 1959.
"On Shed..." pp588
2 photos of loco sheds (and steam locos) at NCB's Albion Colliery and Richard
Thomas & Baldwins' Pontardawe Steel Works, both in South Wales.
"Officially Barclay: More of the Caledonia Works Official
Photographs" pp590-5917
4 more official works photos of various industrial 0-4-0T locos built by Andrew
Barclay, two of which were crane tanks.
"More from Margam Iron & Steel Works - Finale" pp476-481
8 more photos of this South Wales steelworks, including 6 of the '9xx' class
Bo-Bo diesels, and 2 of rolling stock, including one of a slag ladle.
Also other articles about non-industrial narrow gauge subjects and modeling n.g. railways.
NG & Industrial Railway Modelling Review No.124 (October 2020) narrowgaugeandindustrial.co.uk
"Arizona Copper Company 20 Inch Gauge Locomotive No.8" pp167-173
The story of H.K. Porter 1735 of 1897, a 0-4-4ST which was supplied to the
Arizona Copper Co's. mine, near Clifton, Arizona, USA. The article includes
large scale (1:32) drawings of the loco.
"Tank Locomotive for 2ft Gauge - Archive Material from ENGINEERING Magazine"
pp187/192
Details of a Black Hawthorn 0-4-2ST supplied to the Linz Colliery
Co., Co.Durham, with detailed maker's engineering drawings.
Also other articles about non-industrial narrow gauge subjects and modeling n.g. railways.
Wheels of Industry (Volume
#3 - October 2020) www.shop.kelsey.co.uk/wheels-of-industry
1 "Building the Chessington Branch" - the locos used by
McAlpine's contract to build this Southern Railway branch in the 1930's.
2 "Narrow Gauge at Hadfield's" - the steam locos used
on the internal 2ft gauge rail system in Hadfield's Hecla and East Hecla steel
works in Sheffield.
3 "The Hornsby-Akroyd Oil Locomotives" -
the story of these early i.c. locomotives.
4 "Whittingham Hospital Railway" - the private line that linked
this "lunatic asylum" in Lancashire to the main
line.
5 "From Main Line to Industry" - a selection of ex-mainline
steam locos, that went on to see further life on industrial railways.
6 "Three Gauges at Holborough" - the four separate,
internal lines, on standard, 3ft and 2ft gauge, that served the
cement works at Holborough in Kent.
7 "Whitehaven Industrials" - various locos that worked in the industries
around this steel town in Cumbria.
8 "Dorset's Locomotive Builder Stephen Lewin & Co." - the
history of this small, short-lived loco builder located in Poole in Dorset.
9 "The Last Years of Industrial Steam Locomotive Building - Part 1" -
a survey of the last industrial steam locos, built in the
post-war period.
10 "Kerr Stuart's Narrow Gauge Locomotives" -
the various narrow gauge steam locos built by this Stoke-on-Trent builder,
before it closed in 1930.
11 "The Beckton Gasworks Railway" - the locomotive fleet on the
extensive rail system of this giant gasworks in Essex, in
its time the biggest in the world.
12 "Cornwall's Last Industrial Steam" - the last days of steam working
at the Cornish ports of Par & Falmouth, which ended in 1977 (Par) and
Falmouth (1978).
13 "Industrial Steam in Lanarkshire" - a selection of pictures
of industrial steam at work in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Railway
Bylines (October
2020)
www.guidelinepublications.co.uk
"Newlyn Harbour and Penlee Quarry" pp504-511
A short history of the harbour at Newlyn in Cornwall, and the 2ft gauge
industrial line that carried crushed stone from a nearby quarry to the harbour.
With 9 large photos of the harbour and the rail system.
"Scotland the Brave 3 - Barclays Six and Four Coupled"
pp512-513.
3 large photos of Andrew Barclay 0-4-0ST & 0-6-0ST steam locos at coal mines
in Scotland.
"A Teddy Bear Tale" pp515-519
The story of 3 visits to the iron ore operations at Harston, Corby &
Buckminster in the East Midlands, in 1968 & 1969, including the IRS tour of
Corby in fog on 11th January 1969.
"Officially Barclay: More of the Caledonia Works Official
Photographs" pp536-537
3 official works photos of various industrial 0-4-0ST locos built by Andrew
Barclay, with extended captions.
"Not Ambling in Amble" p542-547
A short history of NCB collieries and railway operations
that fed coal to the staithes at Amble, on the River Coquet, in Northumbria.
With a sketch map of these lines, and 7 large photos of operations in steam
days.
Also other articles on other narrow gauge and branch line
railways.
Narrow Gauge & Short Line Gazette (September/October 2020) www.NGSLgazette.com
"Forney Locomotives in the Woods" pp52-55
A short history the "Forney" types steam locomotive, which was a 0-4-4
rear tank (and some times 0-6-4T) much used on the elevated railroads in several
major US cities. When these systems were electrified early in the 20th century,
many of these locos found further employment on various
logging lines. The
article includes 8 photos of locos in such operations.
