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.

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NOW, PAINT IT GREEN! • Through study of written records and published photographs John Pearse attempts a complete record of which locomotives other than express passenger classes, received lined green livery – and when.

55D – ‘ROYSTON LOCO’ • Ken Gambles tells the story of a new motive power depot built 90 years ago, when coal was still king.

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ECML FLOODS PART 3 • Nigel Harris ‘mops up’ some unused scenes from the superb batch of BR official photographs submitted by Lorne Anton featuring the East Main Line floods of August 1948, which destroyed seven bridges around Grantshouse, in the Scottish Borders. Parts 1 and 2 appeared in Steam World for May and June 2022

THE 1963 CARLISLE RAILTOUR 1X85 • In the concluding part of his feature on a meticulously planned 1963 railtour around the Carlisle area, Ron Herbert crosses the border into Scotland behind former NBR 4-4-0 No. 256 Glen Douglas. PART TWO (Part one was in Steam World July 2022)

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BRADFORD EXCHANGE-LAISTERDYKE • In the second part of his look at traffic from the long gone ten-platform terminus at Bradford Exchange Gavin Morrison covers departures bound eastwards for Laisterdyke – and ultimately King’s Cross Captions by Nigel Harris The first part of this feature appeared in Steam World No. 418 (April 2022)

MARS – GOD OF WAR • Tony Cousins reflects on the military namings of British steam locomotives in the 20th century.

PICK ‘N’ MIX • It’s not difficult to spot the odd one out in this month’s group of four from Chris Leigh’s photographic files but can a reader fill in any of the missing details?

STEPPING UP TO THE FOOTPLATE Part 2 • Owen Edgington recalls the early days of his footplate career working from Saltley. Part One appeared in Steam World 415 January 2022.

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • The Midland Railway was renowned for its 0-6-0s. Bob Gwynne muses on the life and times of the ‘4F’ 0-6-0s and of innovation at Derby.

OVER THE FOOTBRIDGE FOR CALNE TRAIN • With words by Graham Tanner and Chris Leigh and photographs by Don Lovelock, we journey back down a Wiltshire branch line to a town famed for bacon and pork pies.

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