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Hi there If it is any help, the National Archives at Kew has a complete set of the Southern Railway Magazine for the life of the company Simon

I remember the Directory, a Class 47 and 37 at Stratford on the cover. It was an Ian Allan publication for sure. Last time I saw one was on the Class 47 Preservation Project sales stand at a model show. If you were after one might be worth dropping them a mail to see if they still have it...

I am currently researching the Class 71s and 74s with a view to turning the results into a book. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has worked on them, driven them, experiences of them, has photos of them (though not E5001 as preserved), manuals, drawings, or anything else. So...

My best friend from school, indeed still my best friend, was the station announcer at Kings Cross for a while in the early 1990s. Quite spooky to hear the voice and know who it is!

Judging by the roof hatch at the far end of the vehicle my thoughts are that it is a 2C vehicle. Michael Harris' book on the Marks 2s says that only around 20 or so Mk2,2A,2B,2C vehicles were painted in Inter-City livery

I am currently doing some research on the Class 71s and 74s with a view to turning it into a book at some point. I would be interested to hear from anyone who has experience of working on these locomotives when in service, or who drove them or has any other information about them. Please...

It was 5322 used. Railway Magazine as I recall had pictures of the filming

Just to say a big thank you to those of you that have bought the book so far. Sales have been really encouraging. It went on sale at the Alexandra Palace model railway show and had sold 182 copies by the Tuesday after. When I looked last week on Wednesday it was at no 4 in the Amazon railway...

Just to give you a quick progress update. The second set of proofs have now been reviewed and comments back to the publisher. Quite an effort but we think we have eliminated everything, but who knows. On course for publication in late March I believe. Best wishes Simon

If you go to the National Archives at Kew and look at files such as those of the Supply Committee, Works & Equipment Committee, and the Technical Committee along with the minutes of the Eastern Region Board you will see that the ECML electrification was a "live" project during the late 1950s and...

Just to give everyone a quick update, the proofs to the first two chapters have now arrived back from the publishers. I am going through them line by line to make sure that no glitches or gremlins have crept in.

Thanks for the replies. I have been to the Noodle Books site and this is the link to page 10 of their current catalogue for 2014-2015. http://www.noodlebooks.co.uk/catalogue2014-15/index.html#10 Details of the book are on the lower half of page 10. I have also re-added the link to my...

The Class 47 Preservation Project Sales Dept carry a wide range of second hand books on many different aspects of railways,including steam, modern traction, modelling etc. They always welcome wants lists so email them at [email protected] I am sure they will be pleased to be...

Noodle Books have just announced the publication of a new book in April 2015 on the three Southern Railway booster locomotives CC1 CC2 and 20003. This is the first time such a comprehensive look has been taken at these locomotives. We have drawn on archive material at the National Archives in...

The Class 47 Preservation Project often has back copies of magazines like that. Send them an email with your wants list and see what happens. Their address is [email protected] Regards Simon