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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WHERE IT ALL BEGAN-THE THIRD STAGE • Bob Poynter continues the story of his early BR career on the Western Region, recalling his time in training at Taunton. Taunton Freight Depot Previous instalments were published in Steam World, September 2021 and December 2022

THE ‘A’-TEAM - LNER ‘PA CIFIC’ RAILTOURS IN THE 60S • Peter R Cooper traces the appearances of LNER ‘Pacifics, classes ‘A1’ to ‘A4’, on enthusiast ‘specials’ in their last decade of service.

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1960S SHED VISITS REMEMBERED • Call them MPDs or ‘sheds’, the places where locomotives were serviced, repaired and housed when not in use, were a major attraction to enthusiasts. Richard Derry remembers some visits to London sheds now long gone.

ALL THINGS CONSIDER ED – ‘SCOTSMAN’ IS 100 • Bob Gwynne marks the centenary of the World's most famous locomotive.

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1955-63 AN EIGHT-YEAR ADVENTURE • Geoff Rogers recalls eight years of growing up, travel and train spotting in north-east England. Part 5 Part 1 was published in Steam World December 2022, part 2 in January 2023, part 3 in February 2023 and part 4 in March 2023.

SPOTTING AT NEWCASTLE IN THE 1950S • David Cunliffe endorses Geoff Rogers’ view of spotting at Newcastle and adds some detail from the previous decade.

STEAM WORLD ARCHIVE DVD PROGRAMMES • Chris Leigh catches up with the TELERAIL DVD series which now has 41 programmes featuring steam in colour and black and white.

LAMBOURN V ALLEY LAMENT • Too late to take the train, Chris Leigh was obliged to ‘do’ the Lambourn branch by bus and ‘Shanks's Pony’, but that's not Quite the whole story…

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

PICK ‘N’ MIX • Chris Leigh presents a selection of transparencies from his recent Ebay purchases.

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