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  • Archive: The Maldon Branch in 1959

    Archive: The Maldon Branch in 1959

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    From the December 1959 issue of The Railway Magazine, P. J. Norris looks at The Maldon Branch, including Maldon East & Heybridge, Wickham Bishops Station, Langford & Ulting Station and Maldon Station. The article records the branch’s passenger services, goods traffic, station buildings and operating details as they stood at the time. ONE of the…

  • From The Railway Magazine, December 1979: Bodmin returns to service on the Mid-Hants “Watercress” Line

    From The Railway Magazine, December 1979: Bodmin returns to service on the Mid-Hants “Watercress” Line

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    This verbatim article is taken from an old issue of The Railway Magazine and reports on a September 22 ceremony at Alresford Station. The extract covers the restored ex-Southern Railway express locomotive BR No. 34016, Bodmin, its renaming, return to service, and restoration background. Renaming at Alresford Station ON Saturday, September 22 (as reported on…


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