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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ON THE SHOVEL AT LINCOLN • A fireman at Lincoln until 1950, Frank Cossey recalls wartime firing experiences with both GNR and GCR motive power on a busy Motive Power Depot which the LNER had significantly expanded in 1938. Part one

THE TORTUOUS PATH TO ‘DUCHESS’ WITHDRAWAL • Part 4: Finale John Palmer concludes his study of the decline of Stanier’s ‘Pacifies’, how they were used - and how they were phased out. Parts one, two and three were published in October, November and December 2022.

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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ORE TRAINS TO CONSETT! • For nearly a century, very heavy trains of Spanish iron ore were worked by steam over the very steep gradients from Tyne Dock to the Consett Iron & Steel Works in the Durham Hills. Verdun Wake photographed this iconic traffic in its latter years, worked by BR Riddles Class 9F 2-10-0s.

SOUTHERN INCURSIONS AND EXCURSIONS • David Thrower details the unusual visitors to SR territory, and SR steam wanderers elsewhere, during the 1960s. Part one appeared in Steam World December 2022 Part two

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THE DIDCOT NEWBURY & SOUTHAMPTON LINE • Chris Leigh tells the story of a railway which came to the fore in wartime but was otherwise under-used and under-appreciated.

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GWR ‘ARP’ signalboxes

1962: A SPOTTER’S YEAR • Bruce Laws recalls the Adventures and Escapades that he got up to as a teenage train spotter in 1962. Parts 1 and 2 appeared in Steam World January 2019 and March 2020 Part three

AN EIGHT-YEAR ADVENTURE 1955-63 • Geoff Rogers recalls eight years of growing up and trainspotting in north-east England. Part two Part one appeared in Steam World December 2022

A WYE VALLEY POSTSCRIPT • Laurie Golden follows up Chris Leigh’s feature on the Wye Valley line (Steam World October 2022) by remembering his own day out chasing trains on the picturesque Gloucester-Hereford line in its last weeks of operation.

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