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Rival Railways Between Greenock and Gourock	Mike Tedstone considers the complex story of competing railways at Greenock, from the perspective of Clyde Holy Loch shipowner Capt. Robert Campbell of Kilmun.
Caledonian Anniversaries	Alistair Maclean looks at what was happening on the Caledonian Railway and its successors 150, 100, 50 and 25 years ago.
A Standard Locke & Errington Station Style	A common thread through the various companies which together were to form the future Caledonian network was the employment of Joseph Locke and John Errington as engineers.
How Caledonian Engines are Built	Alistair F Nisbet enlightens the story of St. Rollox Works with extracts of articles from various sources while David Coddington’s post-closure photos give an idea of the scale of the Works.
Notes on Caledonian Locomotive Performance in 1896	From The Railway Magazine April 1936, by Lord Monkswell.
To be Called for at Burnside	From the ‘Railway World’ August 1983 by Don Rowland
Colinton: A Tunnel to Delight	John Yellowlees gives the background to Scotland's largest heritage mural.
Caledonian Characters: Thomas Steele	John Paton looks at the life of Thomas Steele, on and off the railway.
Dunalastairs Furth of Scotland	Jim Summers extracts an article written about the Belgian Dunalastairs and how they were transported on Trolley Wagon CR40 now in the care of the SRPS collection at Bo'ness.
Review of Rails of Sheffield Class 812 in 4mm	John Lindsay looks at the details of this model.

In addition each issue contains Association and Membership news, an update on activity at our on-line Forum, news of developments on the remaining Caledonian network, letters and details of forthcoming meetings.