Help to find an article in a Magazine. Horbury Horse Worked light railway. Ran from coal mines at Middlestown to Canal.

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I was recently researching the death of what I believed to be a family member back early last century.

The lad's name of Dunford - my family name - was sadly run over by a horse drawn coal wagon from collieries at Middlestown, near Horbury Bridge Yorks.

There was a 3-4 page article in a magazine, possibly Backtrack, British Railways Illustrated or Steam Days. I'm pretty sure it was not Byelines, but not. I am most convinced it was Backtrack.

Can any one who may have these mags please search the indexes to give me the date of the Magazine issue? I think it may have been just about or before lockdown.
I will then try to get a replacement copy from the VCT on the Worth Valley. I foolishly had a clear out of Magazines and this issue looks like one of those discarded!

Many thanks again in advance,​

 
Hi Jon
I don't subscribe to any of those mags but have found these indexes

The LMS Society - BackTrack Index

LMS Society: Fostering Interest in Research & Modelling of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway
www.lmssociety.org.uk

Railway Magazines Entries by Date

Railway Magazines Entries by Date, General Railway Related Articles, Southern Railway, British Railways, London Transport, Minor Railways, Industrial Railways, Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons, Railway equipement, Private Lines, Cliff Railways.
s548745873.websitehome.co.uk

Bylines

RAILWAY BYLINES is the magazine devoted to branch lines, industrial railways, narrow gauge, light railways, Irish railways and those intriguing little nooks, crannies and hidey-holes of the railway network. It is out on the last Thursday of each month.
britishrailwaybooks.co.uk

I've done a quick initial trawl but not found anything which includes the key words you've listed. Of course, the article might have a title which is a bit more obscure.

Rik
PS A Google search on the keywords only gave only two promising links
- Horbury Bridge
- Help to find an article in a Magazine. Horbury Horse Worked light railway.. ;)

PPS - Another option might be the archives at the National Coal Mining Museum which, by coincidence, is located near Horbury and Middlestown - National Coal Mining Museum - DocView
 
ge_rik said:
Hi Jon
I don't subscribe to any of those mags but have found these indexes

The LMS Society - BackTrack Index

LMS Society: Fostering Interest in Research & Modelling of the London, Midland & Scottish Railway
www.lmssociety.org.uk

Railway Magazines Entries by Date

Railway Magazines Entries by Date, General Railway Related Articles, Southern Railway, British Railways, London Transport, Minor Railways, Industrial Railways, Locomotives, Carriages, Wagons, Railway equipement, Private Lines, Cliff Railways.
s548745873.websitehome.co.uk

Bylines

RAILWAY BYLINES is the magazine devoted to branch lines, industrial railways, narrow gauge, light railways, Irish railways and those intriguing little nooks, crannies and hidey-holes of the railway network. It is out on the last Thursday of each month.
britishrailwaybooks.co.uk

I've done a quick initial trawl but not found anything which includes the key words you've listed. Of course, the article might have a title which is a bit more obscure.

Rik
PS A Google search on the keywords only gave only two promising links
- Horbury Bridge
- Help to find an article in a Magazine. Horbury Horse Worked light railway.. ;)

PPS - Another option might be the archives at the National Coal Mining Museum which, by coincidence, is located near Horbury and Middlestown - National Coal Mining Museum - DocView
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Thanks Rik, the Magazine search on keywords was me trying in Railforums. Just shows that the net can find things, I have been trawling through piles of 2nd hand mags at steam railways for a while now. Think I may need to write to the editor of Steam Days if a trawl through Backtrack Index has no luck. I did try searching for index but with no luck, my abilities with SQL has always been suspect!
 
Found it, October 2021 in Backtrack ‘The Flockton Waggonway - Richard Lee delves into early industrial railway history in the West Riding of Yorkshire coalfield.’. So many thanks ge_rik ge_rik . Nothing like how I described the name, but this is the article. GSC comes up with the goods, yet again.
 
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dunnyrail said:
Found it, October 2021 in Backtrack ‘The Flockton Waggonway - Richard Lee delves into early industrial railway history in the West Riding of Yorkshire coalfield.’. So many thanks ge_rik ge_rik . Nothing like how I described the name, but this is the article. GSC comes up with the goods, yet again.
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Delighted to hear you managed to track it down. I must admit, I wouldn't have associated that title with the incident described :eek:;)

Rik
 
ge_rik said:
Delighted to hear you managed to track it down. I must admit, I wouldn't have associated that title with the incident described :eek:;)

Rik
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I suspect few would have, living in that area it was a no brainer but forgotten till I found it.
 
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