R.E.R.P.S. magazine historical articles

R. & E.R.P.S. magazine
historical articles index

This is not a proper index to the Ravenglass & Eskdale Preservation Society's newsletter magazine, just a short list, originally created for my own convenience, of articles about the history of the line- nearly all relating to the period before the Preservation Society existed, except for a few of the obituaries. The references are to issue numbers. The list, mostly in publication order, begins with the remarkable series of "looking back" articles by former engineer Tom Jones.

Tom Jones 1925	53+ 54+ 55+ 56+ 57+ 58
Tom Jones 1926	59+ 60+ 61+ 62+ 63+ 64+ 65+ 66+ 68 [before 67?]+ 67
Tom Jones 1927	69+ 70+ 71+ 72+ 73+ 74+ 75+ 76+ 77
Tom Jones photos c1927	87
Tom Jones 1928	78+ 79+ 80+ 81+ 84+ 85+ 86+ 88[sic]
Tom Jones 1929	87[sic]+ 89+ 90+ 91 [titled "1923"!]+ 92+ 93+ 94+ 95+ 97
Tom Jones 1930	98+ 99+ 101+ 102+ 103+ 104+ 105+ 107+ 109
Tom Jones retirement	41+ 49
Tom Jones obit	128
Gill Force mine trolley found	4
Sir Aubrey Brocklebank loco	7
Foster on Cauchi	9 [approx as Bedside Ratty]
Harry Hilton obit	10
John Lister in 1913	10;
1915 reopening proposal	10
1876 visit	11
1876 inspector's report	12
Rolling stock (15in)	12
Opening of R&E 1876	13
1917 childhood memories	14
Kerr Stuart diesel	14
Accidents on Owd Ratty	15
1906 visit (short)	15
Owd Ratty memories	16+ 17
La'al Ratty opening 1915	19
Dick Long obit	21
Billy Wilson retirement	22
R&E loco numbers	26
1920s memories	27
Sir Arthur Heywood	29
Lowca Light Railway	30
Jack Graves obit	32
Colin Gilbert obit	32
R&E memories c1902	36
Ravenglass well unearthed	37
R&E 3ft sleeper found	37
Muriel works plate found	37
Florrie Hilton obit	39
10 years of R&E RPS	39
Ravenglass early 19th cent.	40
Dick Nicholson obit	42
Joe Farren obit	42
Furness Railway squirrel	42+ 43
Hannah Knowles: superpostwoman	44
1903 visit	47
R&E in 1945 & 1949	47
Devon loco: 1909	51
R&E in 1915-16	51
River Esk 50 years	53
1894 timetable poster	53 [see "Bedside Ratty"]
Mary Fair (from CWAAS)	59
Scott scooter loco	60
Bonnie Dundee loco	61
c1898 visit	62
Henry Greenly	62+ 63
Muriel loco pulling power	63
Kerr Stuart diesel	37+ 65
Train control on R&E	65
Nab Ghyll mine	65
Billy Bell obit	66
Placenames around Eskdale	66
Lanchester R&E loco	68
1949 R&E photos	69
Gill Force mines	69+ 70+ 71
Alan Langley obit	72
R&E braking systems	72
Penny's railway track	71+ 72
River Irt loco origin	73
R&E expenditure 1895-8	74
Mine output 1872-1912	74
Travel passes: R&E	64+ 76
1901 visit	76
Murthwaite crushing plant	78 ["Part 1"]
c1920 visit	78
R&E original route plans	78
1920s memories	80
21 years of R.& E.R.P.S.	81+ 82+ 83
Workington ironworks	82
1906 visit (brief)	85
1914 newspaper reminiscences	88
1923 News of World photo	88
R&E electrification 1909	86+ 88
Early R&E Ravenglass photo	89
Synolda	69+ 70+ 87+ 88+ 89
Lord Wakefield obit	90
River Esk 60 years	91
Muncaster parish records	91
R&E and Ennerdale rlys.	91
1950s memories	92
1909 Eskdale Rly. Co.	89+ 92
1937 R&E cigarette card	92
1891 visit	93
John Wills & R&E from 1915	95
Military use of R&E: 1880s	95
1901 description	95
1940s memories	96
Green Goddess & River Esk	44+ 96
Ban Garth mine: 1860s	97
River Mite (1) photo c1930	97
Eskmeals Station	98
Childhood memories c1920	99
1905 visit (brief)	99
1960-85 development	100
Early iron mining	101+ 102
Stanley Ghyll House 1959	105
Bassett-Lowke 2-8-2: 1924	105
Wartime memories	115
1920s childhood memories	117
1915 rebirth	117
1920s memories- Bert Turner	118
Cyril Holland obit	122
The Lanchester	128
Fording the Mite	130
Port of Ravenglass	131
Muriel/River Irt	132
Tickets	134
Douglas Ferreira retirement	135
Muncaster Mill letter	144
1930s childhood memories	144
Bassett-Lowke teak coaches	145
Bassett-Lowke letter	146
River Esk development	149
Longstaff Roberts obit	149
Weir boiler feed pumps	151
Ravenglass Station 1849	152
Cauchi	154
Rev. Murray Hodges obit	155
125 years of Ratty	156
Kerr Stuart & other locos	157
1876 passenger opening	160
1905 description	161
Old R&E movies	169
Douglas Ferreira obit	170
Ravenglass R&E Station	173
Murthwaite standard gauge	175
Woolpack Road station	176
George Gissing 1893 descr.	43+ 177
Argo Transacord recordings	177