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The Stephenson Fact File
Early steam locomotives (Web page) and links to extract from the 1894 book by Bowen Cooke. Book extract 1 - text only plus hot links to the illustrations | Book extract 2 - larger file with embedded graphics
Tour headboards including printable scaled reproductions for modellers in 4mm | 7mm (1:43) | 1:24 | 1:12
E-books and PDFs
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Journal articles (PDF)
Four articles from past Journals as a taster of what you get in a typical Journal. See the Previous Journal page. These articles have been chosen to represent locomotives - steam or diesel, travels, foreign, enthusiast and nostalgia and are:-
Other documents (PDF)
Orion fact file (pdf) By R. A. S. Hennessey & Mike G. Fell The story of the 9½ inch gauge scale model of a Webb compound, built a century ago, the prototypes on which it was modelled, its maker and recent restoration with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund. Latest second edition fact sheet now on line with additional information and photographs. Release version = 2.4 10th October 2012 French light rail - 2 (Updated version loaded January 2021) This is a presentation by Graham Jellett, which he gave to a meeting of SLS Newcastle Centre on 29th November 2019, about the twenty three new steel wheel tramways which have come into service in France from 2000 to date. Effectively it is an update of a similar talk he gave to SLS Manchester Centre on 20th January 2018. Secondly, a comprehensive webpage of nearly 1,000 of his photographs and some tables of data he has drawn up, of all 46 modern urban public light rail systems currently operating in France, may be viewed and downloaded free from www.flickr.com/photos/freinsevran/albums French light rail - 1 (First listing as at 2018) -This is a presentation by Graham Jellett covered the twenty one new steel wheel tramways which had come into service in France between 2000 and 2018. Secondly, the website etc., is as for (2) above. [Section text updated January 2021] E- books in EPUB format (note the need for reader software) - Work in progress - please note these are not yet the final release versions.
Orion fact file (pdf) By R. A. S. Hennessey & Mike G. Fell The story of the 9½ inch gauge scale model of a Webb compound, built a century ago, the prototypes on which it was modelled, its maker and recent restoration with the help of the Heritage Lottery Fund. Latest second edition fact sheet now on line with additional information and photographs. Release version = 2.4 10th October 2012
French light rail - 2 (Updated version loaded January 2021) This is a presentation by Graham Jellett, which he gave to a meeting of SLS Newcastle Centre on 29th November 2019, about the twenty three new steel wheel tramways which have come into service in France from 2000 to date. Effectively it is an update of a similar talk he gave to SLS Manchester Centre on 20th January 2018. Secondly, a comprehensive webpage of nearly 1,000 of his photographs and some tables of data he has drawn up, of all 46 modern urban public light rail systems currently operating in France, may be viewed and downloaded free from www.flickr.com/photos/freinsevran/albums
French light rail - 1 (First listing as at 2018) -This is a presentation by Graham Jellett covered the twenty one new steel wheel tramways which had come into service in France between 2000 and 2018. Secondly, the website etc., is as for (2) above. [Section text updated January 2021]
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Orion fact file (E-book format) - Release version = 2.0 4th October 2012 Early locomotives (E-book format) - an extract from a book by C J Bowen Cooke, former CME of the LNWR.- Release version = 1.0 4th October 2012 Journal extracts - Compilation No 1 - This file has been permananetly withdrawn and replaced by paper based publications available to buy - section updated 14 February 2018).
Orion fact file (E-book format) - Release version = 2.0 4th October 2012
Early locomotives (E-book format) - an extract from a book by C J Bowen Cooke, former CME of the LNWR.- Release version = 1.0 4th October 2012
Journal extracts - Compilation No 1 - This file has been permananetly withdrawn and replaced by paper based publications available to buy - section updated 14 February 2018).
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