'On Shed' Journal Material
ON SHED The Journal of the 8D Association Volume 10, Number 1 : March 2020 ‘On Shed’ : Journal of the 8D Association Volume 10, Number 1 : March 2020 Page 3 News Round Up : Chris Hollins 7 Signalling Controls : Dennis Flood 12 Earlestown Wagon Works Test Train : Rod Dixon 14 Merrymakers, Mystery Specials and Round Robins : Chris Hollins 18 Near Miss at Ditton Junction ! : Tom Temple 19 Unusual Working at St Helens Junction : John Atherton 20 Edge Hill MPD ‘Star Turns’ : Dennis Flood 23 Former Residents of 8D : Colin Turton 24 Once Upon a Time ...... (A Rail Photographer’s Paradise) 25 43924 - First Out of Barry : John Atherton 28 Future 8D Association events From the Editor Here we are - another year and another increasing the number of editions each year. edition of ‘On Shed’ - the first of 4 due to be published in 2020. At a recent Committee In the meantime, I remain indebted to those meeting it was reported that there have been members who have contributed articles for suggestions that, as an Association, we might inclusion in this edition of ‘On Shed’, and I live move towards bi-monthly editions of the in hope that others may be inspired to submit journal. Regrettably, practicalities render the material for publication in future editions. suggestion impossible at this time. In addi- The ‘Future Events’ section on the back cover tion to the financial implications (our printing shows that, in addition to 2 visits to the SEUZ costs have recently increased considerably), a Waste Transfer Station at Kirkby, there is to major factor is the availability of suitable be a varied programme of guided walks led material ! by the Association’s Chairman, Paul Wright.
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