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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CALL ATTENTION • Steam World marks the passing of the last great steam age railwayman and Editor CHRIS LEIGH trawls the Steam World post-bag, updates some recent features and adds a few comments of his own

BULLEIDS IN THE SOUTH WEST • Lurking in the Steam World archives was a collection of images taken by the late Hugh Ballantyne of Bulleid ‘Pacifics’ working on the South Western main line between Salisbury Central and Exeter St Davids. Considering the changes made to the line since the end of steam, we thought them worth an airing and present them in geographical order, starting at Salisbury…

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BRIDGE TO ENGINE ROOM PART 2 • Chris Leigh concludes his reminiscences of working at Ian Allan in the 1960s… as well as his second stint at the company in the 1970s and 1980s.

LAKE DISTRICT BRANCH LINES • The Lake District was home to three very different but equally charismatic branches that made Richard Foster think of King Henry VIII…

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 ONE THA T GOT AWAY • John G. Click is an often forgotten actor in the railway story but one who deserves greater attention than he receives. A great photographer too, Click’s story really needed capturing in a book…

TRAVELS WITH THE BROWNIE 127 • Mick Collingwood took his trusty Brownie 127 around Britain in 1960 and this is what he managed to capture

NON-LNER LNER LOCOMOTIVES • Robert Fairey picks five classes from the LNER fleet that owed their origins to other, very different railways

ISLE OF WIGHT DOUBLE-HEADERS • Laurie Golden recalls the special effort he had to make in order to capture double headed stock moves on the Isle of Wight

CHANGIN’ TIM ES AT TYSELEY • Arthur Drake takes a look at an intriguing period in the history of Tyseley shed as it said goodly to BR steam and became a preservation centre

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