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  1. The Other Man’s Job: Locomotives for Second Front

    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/19
    NoS ID
    156617
    Story no
    2 / 3

    The "Austerity" locomotive: its production and assembly. Testing the finished article. Sir Andrew Duncan, Minister of Supply.

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  2. Advance Discloses German Horrors

    Series name
    Warwork News
    Issue no
    S15/72
    NoS ID
    156776
    Story no
    2 / 2

    Canadian Second Army with British spearhead captures Arnhem. German prisoners taken - mostly young boys. Montgomery and General Bradley confer. East of the River Weser - wrecked trains. Horrors discovered in...

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  3. Matrix Fibres

    Series name
    Living Tomorrow
    Issue no
    116
    NoS ID
    325503
    Story no
    3 / 4

    COI synopsis: As trains go faster, freight wagons are more liable to develop "hot boxes" through lack of lubrication. British Rail scientists have succeeded in intergrating carbon fibre with the metal of the...

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  4. Brain Train

    Series name
    London Line
    Issue no
    600
    NoS ID
    326890
    Story no
    1 / 1

    COI synopsis: The fastest learners in the world are in Britain - because their classroom is a part of a 125mph commuter train. Everything from antiques to computer science is available, and the service is...

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  5. Train Driver

    Series name
    Portrait
    Issue no
    31
    NoS ID
    327478
    Story no
    1 / 1

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  6. Matrix Fibres

    Series name
    Tomorrow Today
    Issue no
    116
    NoS ID
    329552
    Story no
    3 / 3

    COI synopsis: As trains go faster, freight wagons are more liable to develop "hot boxes" through lack of lubrication. British Rail scientists have succeeded in intergrating carbon fibre with the metal of the...

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  7. Ninety Tons Dead Weight

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    36
    NoS ID
    351838
    Story no
    2 / 7

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: A 90 ton Transformer is moved from the siding to the switching station at Nkana. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary - The heaviest single road lift in Southern African history was...

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  8. Aftermath of an ill wind.

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    36
    NoS ID
    351840
    Story no
    4 / 7

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: Floods follow the cyclone "Edith" in Nyasaland. Paddle steamers came into use to assist Railway passengers on the Nyasaland-Beira line. Rhodesian Spotlight Commentary -...

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  9. Fed-Wide Flashes

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    32
    NoS ID
    351943
    Story no
    2 / 4

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: The opening of Blantyre’s new air terminal buildings, the arrival of Railway workers from Greece, the Commission for Technical Co-Operation in African South of the Sahara meet...

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  10. Spotlight On Broken Hill

    Series name
    Rhodesian Spotlight
    Issue no
    32
    NoS ID
    351945
    Story no
    4 / 4

    Rhodesian Spotlight synopsis: The Spotlight falls on Broken Hill where thriving Zinc and Lead production are maintaining prosperity. Good Native Housing and an excellent hospital are features of Broken Hill,...

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