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

BEECHING - SIXTY YEARS ON COMMENT

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THE CENTRAL WALES LINE • As we mark the 60th anniversary of the ‘Beeching Report’, Chris Leigh takes a nostalgic look at a line which was proposed for closure, even before Beeching, but which escaped and remains open to this day.

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED… IN FOG AND FALLING SNOW • Bob Gwynne considers the hard graft and precautions necessary to keep the trains moving in the worst winter weather.

THE MARPLES REPORT • As the 60th anniversary of Beeching’s report approaches in March 2023, Mark Tittley asks, was Ernest Marples the Nemesis of Britain’s railways … or their saviour? Part two Part one appeared in Steam World February 2023.

WHAT BEECHING DID NEXT… • The pace of railway and station closures increased rapidly as soon as Beeching’s report was published. Chris Leigh selects a few reminders from Steam World’s photograph files.

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PICTURE POSTSCRIPT: TAUNTON TO BARNSTAPLE • A pictorial follow-up to the article in Steam World, February 2023

ON THE SHOVEL AT LINCOLN - PART 2 • A fireman at Lincoln until 1950 Frank Cossey recalls wartime firing experiences with both GNR and GCR motive power at a busy Motive Power Depot which the LNER had significantly expanded in 1938. Part one was published in Steam World January 2023

FROM BLACK TO GREEN - ST MARGARET’S MPD UNCOVERED • Recent excavations in Edinburgh prompted Lome Anton to look into the history of St. Margaret’s MPD

PICK ‘N’ MIX • It’s supposed to be a random selection but this month Chris Leigh has chosen four images which have not just an ‘Ivatt’ theme, but an Ivatt 2MT theme.

1955-63 AN EIGHT-YEAR ADVENTURE • Geoff Rogers recalls eight years of growing up, travel and train spotting in north-east England. Part 4 Part 1 was published in Steam World December 2022, part 2 in January 2023 and part 3 in February 2023.

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