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Published by membersonly, 2018-03-20 08:01:29

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10th March 2018

Lunch included in the Vantini Room, North Euston Hotel (once used by rail passengers between London
and Scotland transferring to/from boats): Roast Beef etc, Jam Roly-poly pudding and tea/coffee. After
there is a guest speaker. The tour leaves Fleetwood about 15.00 to Rigby Road direct. Cheques £28.50
(all inclusive) payee 'Friends of Forty' to Steve Palmer, 3 Rossall Lane, Fleetwood, FY7 8JP, 01253 770623.

530] Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS): Sat 21 Apr: Steam hauled (Leander) 'Forth Circle'
from Linlithgow (09.55/14.40) and Inverkeithing (15.25/19.25). Forth Bridge, Fife Coast, Charlestown
Jn, Longannet, Stirling and return. £62 Adult; £47 Child; First Class £93 (all). Passengers booked on
both trips can stay on board between Linlithgow and Inverkeithing. Book at https://goo.gl/MrD1u1
or write with SAE to *SRPS Railtours, 82 Busby Road, Carmunnock, Glasgow, G76 9BJ 0131 2021033.

531] PROVSIONAL, SRPS 'Routes & Branches' 1 & 2 Jun: Fri night/all day Sat 'Buffer Puffer' type
tour, Class 37 & 86/87 locos. Of possible interest: Bo'ness - Manuel Jn NR connection; Shields Jn -
Terminus Jn - Muirhouse Central Jn; Monktonhall Jn - Millerhill - Niddrie South Jn; Leith Docks;
Inverkeithing North Curve; Charlestown Jn (Dunfermline) - Longannet - Stirling; Sighthill West Jn -
Cowlairs West Jn; Maryhill - Dawsholm Jn - Knightswood South Jn - Anniesland - Hyndland North
Jn - Hyndland West Jn; Mossend Up Reception; Manual Jn - Bo'ness. Watch website or write to*.

532] Charity Railtours, The Magnificent Severn, Sat 4 Aug: In aid of CRUSE Bereavement Care, Ealing
Broadway (06.47/21.15), Slough (07.11/20.51), Reading (07.36/20.26), Didcot (08.07/19.55), Swindon
(08.43/19.12), Bristol Parkway (09.31PU) to Newport (10.05/10.35 rev) then NR connection to the
Dean Forest Railway and Parkend, possible 'freight-only routes', Class 52 'Western Champion' returns
via Gloucester (set down 18.17) and Kemble. From £65. See website https://goo.gl/vFn9cn or send an
SAE to Charity railtours, 1 Hunter Road, Ipswich, IP3 9TN. Queries: [email protected]

533] GBRf 'Out of the Ordinary' 20-23 Sep: A four day Track & mainly Traction (18 locos) charity tour with
an overnight component that can be booked, in part or total, online only from Good Friday 30 Mar (GBRf
website) in aid of Headway and MacMillan Cancer Support. Impressively, GBRf has raised over £250K for
charity since 2010. Of possible interest: .Thu 20th. 'Avonmouth', Filton West - Patchway Jn Chord (likely),
Cardiff Celsa Steelworks mainline connection and some internal track. .Fri 21st. Bletchley Water Eaton Rd
Jn crossover, Bletchley South Jn - Marston Vale line, Wellingborough Up Yard (Neilsons Sidings), Dudding
Hill - Kew, Tonbridge West Yard & Royal Mail Terminal, Kensington Olympia - Acton Lane Reception -
Latchmere No3 (Waterloo) Jn - West London Jn (Up Sheepcote Lane curve, rare) - Waterloo 'International'
side. Then overnight: West London Jn - Latchmere No3 (Waterloo) Jn (Down Sheepcote Lane curve - rare)
.Sat 22nd. Mossend Reception Lines - Gartsherrie South Jn - Gartcosh Jn (presumably), Sighthill West Jn -
Cowlairs West Jn, Inverkeithing Goods loop (south end), Coatbridge Jn - Langloan Jn. .Sun 23rd. Polmadie
Down Holding Sidings, Neasden Curve - Acton Wells Jn - Hanwell Loop (east end) - London Paddington.

534] Rail Atlas of Great Britain: By our member Stuart K Baker OBE. For many 'The' definitive gricing
guide; a good reference for Quailers and used by the rail industry. The expanded, fully revised and
updated hardback 15th edition railway atlas (first published June 1977) should be available later this
year (date not yet fixed, contrary to some reports). It includes new and larger scale London insets.

535] Model Engineering Society Railways in the British Isles 6th Edition, 2018: By member Rod Bryant.
21 pages about 179 railways by county, includes Ireland, fully updated since the previous 2013 Edition.
All known ground level and elevated lines of all gauges and lengths with public or club members only
rides, as well as those under construction. New lines, extensions, alterations and closures are listed.
The postal address, postcode and map reference, type of railway (elevated/ ground level/both),
gauge/s, length, website and if there is public running are given. Every miniature man should have
one! Only £6 post, free cheques: 'R Bryant' to The Acres, Faugh, Cumbria CA8 9EG.

X.34] BLN 1299 Caption Competition: (BLN 1299.x29) There have been a pleasingly very large number
of entries which will take while to sort through; thanks you to everyone who sent them in.

X.35] Guess the Location BLN 1300: ABOVE: Without using the internet etc use all available clues to
work out where this dramatic café window is - there are a few. As a further clue it is only a short
distance from the constituency office of the leader of a UK political party. (Greg Beecroft)

●MAPS: By permission of the National Library of Scotland http://maps.nls.uk/index.html
●Bookings Officer: Jill Everitt, 4 Barnside Way, Moulton, NORTHWICH, CW9 8PT. [email protected]
●Fixtures Secretary: Kev Adlam, 53 Kemble Close, Wistaston, CREWE CW2 6XN. [email protected] @BLSGeneralSec
●Iain Scotchman (Finland railtour) 102 Shenfield Place, BRENTWOOD, CM15 9AJ. [email protected]
●General Secretary: Tim Wallis, 10 Sandringham Road, Stoke Gifford, BS34 8NP. [email protected]
●Sales: Mark Gomm, 84 Mornington Road, STOKE-ON-TRENT, ST1 6EL. 01782 769960 (daytime). [email protected]
●Paper BLN Problems: Dave Monger, 6 Underhill Close, GODALMING, GU7 1NU. *NEW EMAIL* [email protected] text/ring Editor

NEWS TEAM:
●East Midlands: John Cameron, Postal submissions to the Editor please to forward. [email protected]
●London: Geoff Brockett, 155 Onslow Gardens, South Woodford, LONDON, E18 1NA. [email protected]
●North East England/NER Area: Geoff Blyth, 26 Trafalgar Way, BILLERICAY, CM12 0UT. [email protected]
●North West, Yorkshire, & IOM: Graeme Jolley, 3 Laurel Cottages, Rencell Hill, LAXEY, IOM, IM4 7BJ. [email protected]
●South East England, East Anglia: Julian James, 58 Nelson Road, WORTHING, BN12 6EN. [email protected]
●South West: Darren Garnon, 3 Reader Drive, Marden, Tonbridge, Kent, TN12 9FD [email protected]
●West Midlands: Brian Schindler, 15 Sudeley, Dosthill, TAMWORTH, B77 1JR. [email protected]
●Ireland: Martin Baumann, 42 Northland Road, Londonderry, BT48 7ND. [email protected]
●Scotland: Mike McCabe, Lawrenceholme Barn, Oulton, WIGTON, CA7 0PH. [email protected]
●Wales: PLEASE SEND ALL MATERIAL TO THE PAUL STEWART
●Minor Railways (British Isles): Peter Scott, 93 Josephine Court, Southcote Rd, READING, RG30 2DQ. [email protected]

●Editor/Head Lines: Paul Stewart, 4 Clarence Close, MALVERN, WR14 3HX. 01684562862 07790652351 [email protected]

Published by the Branch Line Society, 10 Sandringham Road, Stoke Gifford, BS34 8NP. ISSN 1354-0947.


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