Steam World

Steam World is Britain's best selling historical railway magazine. Covering the magical times when steam railways were the lifeblood of the country. It features first-hand accounts from drivers, firemen, BR managers and enthusiasts alike. Featuring magnificent photography from the fifties and sixties, it will bring back wonderful memories coupled with inside information of what it was really like to work, travel and play on the world's best railway.

Steam World

THERE’LL BE A LOAD OF PAPERWORK!

CALL ATTENTION • CHRIS LEIGH recalls Swindon Works visits and an unusual souvenir.

CATCHING ALL THE ‘CLANS’ • The ‘Clans’ were arguably the most elusive of all the BR Standards. But Gavin Morrison managed to photograph them all Captions by Richard Foster

AN AFTERNOON ON THE NICKEY • Mike Dodd recalls an afternoon excursion from Harpenden to Hemel Hempstead on September 24 1960

THE ‘SUSSEX COAST LIMITED’ • Don Benn describes June 24 1962 when some historic Southern motive power came together to haul one special train

PLATFORM • send your letters to Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton South gate, Peterborough PE2 6GX or steamworld@choicemag.co.uk

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

PRICELESS ‘PRINCESS’ MEMORIES • Inspired by Richard Derry’s look at the ‘Princess Royals’ in SW458, David Maidment recalls some favourite meetings with these Stanier 4-6-2s

GREAT SHOT!

GOODS ENGINES ON RAILTOURS • Peter R. Cooper concludes his survey of 1960s railtours that used steam locomotives more used to pulling wagons. He starts at the beginning of 1966…

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • Given that 2025 has been the hottest year on record, Bob Gwynne considers the implications of steaming through a heatwave.

WHO WAS DRIVER HARRIS? • Richard Foster discovers a remarkable series of papers that poses some interesting questions

VARSITY LINE - BACK BY DEGREES • With the first part of the new East-West Rail being used by freight and due to open to passengers soon, CHRIS LEIGH takes a look back at the chequered history of this once-rural cross-country route

THE CHURCHWARD ‘MOGULS’ • Richard Derry takes a look at a GWR classic that served it from the early years of the 20th Century almost to the end of Western steam

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