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The December issue of Railway Bylines (Vol.14 No.1) is in the shops now.

It includes:
Remembering the Coal Tanks: The LNWR Coal Tanks were hugely popular, and although only 64 were still in existence at the time British Railways was born, many of those survivors had several years useful work ahead of them. Our article is accompanied by fourteen photographs of these marvellous veterans in BR days.
A day of two gauges: Photographer Douglas Robinson treats us to a pictorial account of a day out in Cumberland, during the course of which he visted the famous Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway.
North Devon clay: The North Devon Clay Company's works at Peters Marland, a little to the south of Torrington, was a very early convert to internal combustion, as from 1951 it was 'all diesel'. But just in case you are thinking that narrow gauge industrial diesels don't make for interesting pictures, we suggest you look at the photographs we've come up with.
A day in the life…: On 8 November 1952 photographer J.W.Armstrong journeyed from Darlington to Barnard Castle, then to Bishop Auckland and Spennymoor. It might have seemed like a fairly ordinary day out to Mr.A at the time, but fifty-six years on, his photographs provide a fascinating record of how things really were at the time.
Plus… Manchester Ship Canal Railway, East Anglian bridges, Burton-on-Trent brewery railways, the Mid-Wales line and much, much more.