Issue 301

Issue 301 –

In this issue of Heritage Railway:

Folkestone Harbour steam: The last years-
Don Benn looks back in words and pictures at the charter trains that ran over the Folkestone Harbour branch during its final two decades of operation.

Great Central’s Last Hurrah as ‘Windcutters’ turn-
In early 1992, a proposal was mooted to preserve a lengthy train of mineral wagons on the Great Central Railway. Thirty years on, the rake is a highlight of the GCR freight operations, taking centre stage at the railway’s Last Hurrah Gala over the weekend of November 19/20.

Gateway to the South West
Exeter was the meeting place where two rival railway cultures – the GWR main line to Penzance and the LSWR’s ‘Withered Arm’ to North Devon and North Cornwall – came together. David Mitchell’s new book, Exeter Railways, unfolds in detail the fascinating history of the city’s railways right up to the present day.

Plus much more!