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

GARDEN RAILWAY? COMMENT

CALL ATTENTION • It was news then’ - Chris Leigh highlights some old press cuttings.

THE SWINDON WORKS OPEN DAYS • Forget Willy Wonka’s chocolate factory: the place that most youngsters wanted to see inside was Swindon Works… and they could, as Felix Pole recalls

ON THE WATER WITH CARL STRATMANN • Inspired by Chris Leigh’s look at watertroughs in SW456, we once again delve into the Carl Stratmann collection as he was able to get closer to this fascinating, long-gone feature of the steam era railway than most

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

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GOODS ENGINES ON RAILTOURS • The 1960s brought an increasing number of railtours and specials, often using locomotives not designed for passenger haulage. Peter R. Cooper presents the first part of a survey of 1960s tours hauled by goods engines

GREAT SHOT!

DAILY DOUBLE-HEADERS FROM THE 'CROSS' • David Percival recalls the two double-headed trains which departed from King’s Cross in the evening rush hour

WOLVERTON'S DEPARTMENTAL DINOSAURS • Wolverton Works is an often forgotten BR workshop. Not only does it have a fascinating history but it was home to four London & North Western Railway survivors

THE BEECHING MASSACRE OF 1965 • Keith Widdowson continued his travels on lines slated for closure in 1965

THE END OF 45304 • Richard Foster takes a look at what hastened the end of this particular ‘Black Five’

MY FAVOURITE BULLEID 'PACIFICS' - PART 2 • Richard Derry concludes his look at Bulleids most dear to him by picking his Top Ten ‘Merchant Navies’ Part one, looking at the ‘Light Pacifics’, was published in SW459.

SOUTH DEVON RAMBLINGS • A short break in Wembury, near Plymouth, provided Chris Leigh with the opportunity to revisit some railway locations he had not seen for years

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