Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust has launched their 2016 calendar featuring images from Shropshire’s railway history, and using images courtesy of the Russell Mulford Collection.
The front-cover features a BR Standard 4, number 75048 as it heads for the Cambrian from a photograph by Russell Mulford; and the second image features King Edward VI at the Severn Bridge Junction Signal Box, Shrewsbury and is by Dave Giddins (pictured below). The calendar will be on sale at the Trust’s Open Day & Book Sale being held between 10am and 4.40pm on 13th September. More details here
A spokesman for the Trust said: “The calendar is a limited edition and features some superb scenes in Shropshire. It has been produced as a tribute to the late Russell Mulford, who was an avid supporter of Shropshire railways and their rich history. Our appreciation goes to Geoff Cryer for his valuable assistance and to Russell Mulford’s family. People can treat themselves or someone else to an attractive calendar brim-full of nostalgia!”
It is also available via mail order: (Cheque for £7.50p (this includes £2.50p postage and packing) payable to Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust to: SRHT Calendar Dept, Canewdon House, 27 Longden Road, SHREWSBURY. SY3 7EZ- and including a return address).
Images featured in the 2016 Shrewsbury Railway Heritage Trust calendar are:
January: BR Standard Class 4 waits for the road at Shrewsbury Station
February: Peckett saddle tank rests at Buildwas Power Station
March: a Brush Type 4 Diesel at Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury with train of oil tanks (pictured below)
April: Locos ‘Awaiting their fate’ at Shelf Sidings, Sutton Bridge Junction, Shrewsbury
May: a Rolls Royce ‘Steelman’ diesel shunter on test at Berrington Station
June: Severn Valley Railway’s pioneer engine (3205) at Bridgnorth
July: Coleham Sheds, Shrewsbury after closure to steam
August: a Side tank locomotive ‘Unity ’at Ifton Colliery, St. Martins
September: a Llanelli-bound Cross-Country DMU waits at Bucknell Station
October: ‘Lewisham’ shunting at Allscott Sugar Beet Works
November: NCB Austerity saddle tank No.8 at Granville Colliery engine shed
December: a DMU for Central Wales is pictured at a snowy Church Stretton
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