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WESTERN TIMES Issue 7 - Out Now I am pleased to update that the new issue of Western Times is into stock from tomorrow, and available to purchase at https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-7-copy/ I do hope you enjoy the latest offering of eclectic Great Westernry! Please also note the advance notice of the inaugural Western Times Special, which I am currently beavering away on. Celebrating the 100-year milestone of the magnificent Castle class! More details will follow shortly. Regards, Andy.

WESTERN TIMES Issue 7 - Update Hi all, Final checks are complete and Issue 7 has been sent to the printer. Contents shown below for your information and it should be on sale by early August. Regards, Andy.

WESTERN TIMES Issue 6 - Out Now I am pleased to announce that the new issue of Western Times is now available to purchase at https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-6/ Many thanks to all of you that have taken the time to make contact to add extra detail and generally comment about the content of the issues released to date. Your input is invaluable and very much appreciated. As always we would be delighted to hear from budding authors wishing to submit articles or photographs that relate to any aspect of Great Western Railway history. We really are starting to unearth some fascinating stories, anecdotes and invaluable documentary evidence, so please keep it coming! Regards, Andy.

WESTERN TIMES Issue 6 - Update Dear RMwebbers, To keep you in the loop, Issue 6 is due to land from the printers at the end of this week and will be distributed soon after. I will post again when this is underway! I am currently preparing Issue 7 (due August) and also something 'special' for later in the year (more of which anon). Regards, Andy.

Hi Mikkel, 'Rose Tinted Glasses' removed for that particular piece. Let's just say such blasphemy has ruffled a few feathers!

WESTERN TIMES Issue 6 - Update Here is what's coming up in Issue 6, due for release in early April. Don't forget that Transport Treasury Publishing are now offering a subscription service from this issue, so you will never miss another Western Times and receive your copy immediately upon release. https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-subscription-service/ Regards, Andy.

Mike, Thank you, I look forward to your precis of Regulation 5. I am a little confused by your Reading Depot dispute however, as you have pretty much repeated what is said in the article (which incidentally was written by a chap who worked there). In fairness to the OP (as this is now going off topic), I will refrain from any further exchange about your grievances with Western Times in this forum, and await your email. Regards, Andy.

Hi Andy, An Index for Western Times, both article topics and images, has been proposed and is currently being compiled. It is my intention to make this available in both printed form (within the publication as an insert flyer) and digitally. I will keep in mind your project when this is compiled. Regards, Andy.

Mike, If you would be kind enough to quantify and substantiate these errors, I will be most willing to put them in print for the benefit of the wider readership of Western Times and indeed the education of the authors of the relevant articles. Please don't worry about correcting the location you refer to in your first point, as that was corrected in the very next issue. Your challenge to 'Signalling Questions & Some Answers' (Issue 4) and 'Reading Diesel Depot' (Issue 5), I await with interest. Please email me at WesternTimes@mail.com Kind regards, Andy Malthouse (Editor - Western Times).

02 January 1982........Things were never quite the same after that!

WESTERN TIMES - New Subscription Service Now Available Hot news from Transport Treasury HQ, is that a subscription service to obtain future copies of Western Times is offered from Issue No.6 (published April 2023). To subscribe today and for further details, please head to: https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-subscription-service/ Regards, Andy.

Rich, Many thanks for your comments which are duly noted. I can assure you that I receive as many demands for more Hydraulic related content, as I do for it to be banished from the pages of Western Times! We would very much like to premiere striking new pre-Nationalisation imagery to illustrate each and every relevant article, but the crux is that it is very thin on the ground and with the demand for some reproduction fees being 'off the scale', we have to be realistic. Our email address is printed at the foot of page 2 in each issue for those wishing to get in touch with corrections, challenges, suggestions or even articles for consideration. For ease it is westerntimes@mail.com Kind regards, Andy (Editor).

Hi Ian, Here is GW Standard 6-ton Steam Crane No.57, pictured at Newton Abbot in September 1961. Not the greatest of images, but it may provide you with some detail not seen in the GWRJ article on these cranes. Regards, Andy.

WESTERN TIMES Issue 5 - Out Now I am pleased to announce that the new issue of Western Times is now available to purchase at https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-5-out-in-december-22/ I hope you enjoy this issue and work is already well underway on content for 2023. For now though, can I take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support and wish you all a Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Regards, Andy.

Fingers crossed distribution will be swift Rich, and avoid the worst of the postal dispute. I really want this to be in readers hands before the Christmas holiday starts in earnest! 🤞🎅🏻

Should be arriving from the printer tomorrow.

This lining style, dropping below the cab shutter and handrail, is an example of the unique variation applied by the Newton Abbot Works painters. Numerous examples occurred to 4575, 5101 and 56xx classes, in both early and late crest. It is a good example of of one of the secondary works striving for a bit of individuality (like Caerphilly and the red reversing lever). Newton had already baulked at the strict Swindon BR(W) painting guidelines earlier in the 1950s, by continuing to paint name and number plates red for at least 2 years after the practice had been officially discontinued. The works also continued to use up its stocks of early crest transfers a good 18-months or more after the late crest had been introduced for widespread use. Good old GWR standardisation at work! Andy.

WESTERN TIMES Issue 5 - Update Number 5 is editorially complete and on route to the printers, so it should be available as scheduled at the start of December (well in time for Christmas)! To reserve a copy for immediate despatch upon publication, go to https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-5/ Here is the contents page to whet your appetite. Regards, Andy.

Rich, PM sent with official GWR 'Works Images' of van No.103. Andy.

Hi Rich, Glad you found this earlier post and my article in Western Times of use. No.103 was a one off replacement for a fire damaged vehicle and Swindon took the opportunity to clad it with sheet metal rather than wooden planks, making it unique in that regard. It’s sister vehicle was No.114 during your modelling period, later replaced by No.141 in BR(W) days. I would be interested in obtaining one of your 3-D prints if possible please and if I can be of any further help please shout. Regards, Andy.

Hi Mikkel, I certainly admire your patience and hope you find it worth the wait. Thank you for your support and kind words. We are attempting to explore a diverse range of topics, but are of course aware of the insatiable thirst for the ever popular subjects too. A polished 4-6-0 will never be too far away! If you have any preference for future content, please let me know. Your favoured 19th Century is a particular target, but as I’m sure you know, the research is at times challenging and time consuming. I have Issue 5 well in hand, although I am taking the liberty of typing this from the poolside in Madeira. I’ll be back at it next week! In the meantime enjoy your catch up. Regards, Andy.

WESTERN TIMES Issue 4 - Out Now I am pleased to announce that the new issue of Western Times is now available to purchase at https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-4/ All pre-orders will be in the post ASAP, and we hope you find this latest eclectic collection of articles of interest. Kind regards, Andy.

WESTERN TIMES - Update Issue 4 is now undergoing final proof checks and will be off to the printers shortly. The expected publication date is still for the start of August. The contents page below gives a taster of what's in store in number 4! To reserve yourself a copy please go to https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-4/ As mentioned in the previous post above, we have reprinted a limited run of Issue 2 which is available to purchase now at https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-2/ If you missed it first time around, please don't delay obtaining a copy as they are selling fast. Regards, Andy.

WESTERN TIMES - Issue No.2 to be REPRINTED Dear RMwebbers, For anyone that missed out on Issue 2 before it sold out, I am pleased to inform that a second print run has been placed and should arrive shortly at Transport Treasury HQ. To secure a copy please keep an eye on the web-page for it to appear back in stock. https://ttpublishing.co.uk/product/western-times-issue-2/ As an update, Issue 4 is nearly complete and I will post the contents page here in the next week or so. Regards, Andy.

I see that the RCTS describe the Chipmans Weedkiller Train CWT5 as a converted GNR/LNER 24T Van and that CWT6 was an ex Siphon G. This evidence proves that not to be the case, although it also states that both trains were withdrawn by 1965.