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

DIESELS? IN STEAM WORLD?

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

STEAM AROUND NOTTINGHAM • We delve into the archive of W. A. Reed for a photographic tour of the railways around Nottongham

THE LAST WELSH 0-6-2Ts • Peter R. Cooper takes a look at the last Rhymney and Taff Vale 0-6-2Ts employed by British Railways

A TOAST TO TOBY • How did a dedicated GWR branch line enthusiast become seduced by the charm of a railway he never saw, on the other side of the country? Chris Leigh says it was all Toby's fault…

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

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

GREAT SHOT • It's always nice to see more unusual photographs taken towards the end of BR standard gauge steam. Paul Cooper has aimed his lens through the dilapidated groundframe ‘box at Portsmouth as ‘Black Fives’ Nos. 44871 and 44894 climb the last few yards to Copy Pit summit with the SLS (Midland Area)'s ‘Farewell to Steam No. 1’ on August 4 1968. Paul describes it as “rather fun”! PAUL COOPER

WORKING AT CREWE WORKS • Having a job in a main works wasn't glamorous. It was loud, dirty and dangerous, as Terry Barber recalls

A DAY OUT IN MANCHESTER • Peter Chatman describes how a free day during a college outing resulted in 200 ‘cops’ Photographs: Peter Chatman

DAY TRIP TO MANCHESTER

WONDERFUL WOODBOROUGH • We dipped into Paul Strong's collection way back in 2008. Now, we take a closer look, starting at Woodborough in Wiltshire, the lorry driver-cum-photographer's home turf. Turf grown with the aid of fertiliser?

SEVEN SUMMER SATURDAYS – PART 2 • Don Benn describes the southbound passenger services he saw when the London end of the West Coast Main Line became a favourite spotting haunt for seven weeks during the summer of 1963

MORE ON 'MERCHANT’ REPLACEMENTS • The article in January's Steam World illustrated how well British Railways could respond to emergencies but Bob Poynter offers a bit more detail

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