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

THE TIME(TABLE)S THEY ARE A'CHANGING

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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN: AND ON TO BRISTOL

LONGMOOR - AN  UNUSUAL OPEN DAY • Colin Boocock went to an open day at the Longmoor Military Railway in 1953. He recalls distant memories of the event, helped by the photographs that he took that day. Unless otherwise indicated, photographs were taken by the author on September 5 1953.

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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THE BEST JOB ON THE RAILWAY • John Palmer looks at the life and career of Victor Michael Barrington-Ward, the first holder of the post of Operating Officer for British Railways, and the policy decisions that influenced him and is successors as they managed operations of the railways in Britain after Nationalisation in 1948.

SUMMERTIME MEMORIES • Summers long ago seem to always have been better than summers today! Chris Leigh and Richard Foster share some thoughts and pictures from summers gone by, viewed by two different generations.

GREAT SHOT

A TRIBUTE TO BRIAN MORRISON • Ace railway photographer Brian Morrison died recently at the age of 93. Chris Leigh remembers the man whose railway photography commenced in earnest in the early years of British Railways but who went on to embrace modern traction and to cover topical subjects for magazine publishers.

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • BOB GWYNNE looks at the service to industry provided by steam locomotives and the lucky breaks that led some locomotives and locomotive components to survive into preservation.

A WINTRY RIDE TO WYCOMBE • Chris Leigh recalls a useful link to the Chilterns which was not included in the ‘Beeching report’ but which was partially closed anyway, considerably reducing its usefulness. Chris Leight

SOUTHERN INCURSIONS AND EXCURSIONS • Part five David Thrower continues his analysis of Southern locomotive visits and visitors in the final phase of their operation.

PICK ‘N’ MIX • Chris Leigh selects the best of the steam subjects from some recent eBay slide purchases.

A SOUVENIR OF LOUDWATER

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