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.

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CLASSIC IMAGES OF YORK • Paul Cooper presents a selection of images from Peter Garside, depicting one of Britain’s most famous railway centres, in steam’s last years of superiority

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GEOFF'S FOOTP LATE MEMORIES • Having joined the railway as a firebox lad at Canklow, Geoff Bartlett recalls the start of his career as fireman in 1948

STEAMING AROUND BOURNEMOUTH - PART 2 • We present a further selection of images from Gavin Morrison of what the railways around Bournemouth used to be like. Now it’s time for Gavin to point his lens at Bournemouth shed

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THE TEN MOST INTERESTING ‘CASTLES’? • Forget the likes of ‘Pendennis’ or ‘Clun’; David Maidment reckons that some of the most interesting ‘Castles’ were the ones that didn’t get celebrity status

ADVENTURES USING A WESTERN ROVER • David Percival recalls an epic week exploring Western Region sheds in 1961, where he clocked up more than 2,500 miles of train travel

OLD OAK - GONE WITH MUCH REGRET • Once, it was 81A, the Western Region’s primary locomotive depot in London, now it’s gone. Chris Leigh looks back at Old Oak Common.

A RETURN TO ‘SOUTHERN’ STEAM • LAURIE GOLDEN recalls a brief, if temporary, victory of steam over diesel on the post-Beeching ‘withered arm’

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