Crossword

Crossword aficionado and railway enthusiast Alan Frost has come up with the perfect way to spend ten minutes

(if you are quick) or a couple of hours (if research is required). The Steam Railway crossword is back – just for fun. No need to send in your answers – just test yourself and find the answers here next issue.

ACROSS

1 State in Malaysia on nameplate of LMR ‘Jubilee’ engine 45625 (7)

5 First World War cruiser (sunk) on nameplate of LMR ‘Jubilee’ engine 45683 (5)

8 Item on the menu in the breakfast car (3)

9 See in the distance Manchester MPD with 9A shed plate (9)

10 William, prolific designer of such as the 4-4-2T ‘Radial’ tanks for the LSWR (5)

11 LMR shed identified by 16D code (8)

14 Castle in north Wales giving name to Collett engine 5039 (8)

19 Stanier engine 45659 named after remarkable sea captain and explorer (5)

21 Gresley ‘A3’ engine 60038 named after remarkable racehorse (9)

22 ER ‘A1’ ‘--- o’ the Wynd’ numbered 60116 (3)

23 Lord, Admiral named on Maunsell ‘N15’ engine 30860 (5)

24 Action plans for, e.g., buildings and programmes (7)

DOWN

1 Name of the clan recalled on engine No. 72009 (7)

2 Monmouth Castle giving name to WR 4-6-0 engine 5008 (6)

3 ‘----- --- Walsingham’, narrow (very) gauge railway on original Norfolk track bed (5,3)

4 Native of country named on Stanier ‘Jubilee’ engine 45613 (6)

5 Sound of escaping steam and public disapproval! (4)

6 Bit of a laugh at opening of ‘Patriot’ 45538 nameplate (6)

7 Collett engine 4998 named after hall in Shropshire (5)

12 Earl of (Montagu) named on ‘Jubilee’ 45641, fond of a snack? (8)

13 Borders town and former railway linking it to Edinburgh (7)

15 Maunsell ‘V’ Class engine 30919 of educational importance (6)

16 Vital adjustable parts for camera (6)

17 Lord, Admiral named on LMR Stanier engine 45653 (6)

18 Ordinal number of Agincourt monarch named on ‘King’ class engine 6019 (5)

20 Moat approach giving name to a WR 89D sub-shed (4)