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

NOT (QUITE) THE 'MASTER SHOT' COMMENT

CALL ATTENTION • Editor CHRIS LEIGH trawls the Steam World post-bag, updates some recent features and adds a few comments of his own

THE RAILWAY OVER THE STAINMORE PASS • It’s an epic railway route that rarely gets the coverage it deserves. Chris Rowley plans to change that with his new book The Railway Over The Stainmore Pass. Chris has generously given Steam World a taste of what to expect when it’s released…

A TRIBUTE TO PETER TOWNEND • We announced the sad news last month that former King’s Cross shedmaster Peter Townend has died at the age of 98. Tony Streeter pays tribute to one of the last ‘greats’ from the steam era

LAKE DISTRICT BRANCH LINES PART 2 • Richard Foster continues his look at the three Lake District branch lines that reminded him of the rhyme about Henry VIII’s wives. We start this month with the one that died and conclude with the one that survived…

HAYLING ISLAND FAREWELL • The famous Hayling Island branch, a refuge for the best surviving 'lerriers', closed 60 years ago Brain Stephenson was there to record the last trains

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GEORGE HEIRON AROUND BRISTOL • George Heiron probably springs to mind firstly as an artist. But he was also a whiz behind the lens, too, as the numerous albums containing his work will testify. We kick off a two-part look at his photography, starting around his home patch of Bristol.

STEAM IN THE EAST MIDLANDS • The East Midlands might not haave come high on the list of pllaces to attraact the steam enthusiast but thhese images from the lens of P P.. H. Wells provve that western Lincolnshire and Rutland offered plenty of innterest…

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

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A POSTCARD FROM THE MANIFOLD VALLEY • For years fascinated by English narrow gauge railways, Chris Leigh is not just a fan of the Lynton & Barnstaple. He suggests that the Leek & Manifold held even more interest…

FINDING 'MERCHANT' REPLACEMENTS • It’s 70 years ago since the Southern Region found itself short of motive power and the other regions had to step in to lend a hand.

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