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

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RETURN TO TITFIELD • CHRIS LEIGH marks the 70th anniversary of the general release of the Ealing Comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt in cinemas in the summer of 1953. Today the movie, owned by Studio Canal, is available on DVD and on Amazon Prime Video.

THE INTRIGUING STORY OF No. 1462 • Richard Foster poses the question: how did this ‘14XX’ become a The Titfield Thunderbolt star?

SHED VISITS RICHARD DERRY • Call them MPDs or ‘sheds’ the places where locomotives were serviced, repaired and housed when not in use, were a major attraction to enthusiasts. Richard Derry remembers some visits to sheds now long gone.

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

RESTORED OR BODGED? • Just how ‘restored’ were the four Scottish pre-Grouping survivors that became 1960s celebrities? Richard Foster investigates

SCOTTISH PRE-GROUPING SURVIVORS

GREAT SHOT

1955-63 AN EIGHT-YEAR ADVENTURE • Geoff Rogers recalls eight years of growing up, travel and train spotting in northern England.

STEPPING UP TO THE FOOTPLATE • Owen Edgington carries on learning to be a footplateman from Saltley shed and encounters an LNER locomotive.

ENCOUNTERS WITH ‘COUNTIES’ • Hawksworth's ‘Counties’ left a profound mark on G.M. Bolderston. He recalls some memorable trips behind these enigmatic 4-6-0s

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • BOB GWYNNE Compares and contrasts the stories of Flying Scotsman and GWR celebrity ‘Castle’ 4-6-0 No. 4079 Pendennis Castle as it returns to steam following a protracted overhaul.

SOUTHERN INCURSIONS AND EXCURSIONS • David Thrower concludes his analysis of Southern locomotive visits and visitors.

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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60034 LORD FARINGDON • PAUL CHANCELLOR presents four unusual views of A4’ 4-6-2 No. 60034 Lord Faringdon, from the Colour-Rail archive.

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