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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LAST STEAM ON THE SEA WALL • Chris Fox charts the decline of steam on Brunel’s spectacular coast route in South Devon.

MEMORIES OF A RAILWAY CAREER • Part two Trevor Hardy recalls working with George, a footplateman who enjoyed a pint - or two! Part one was published in Steam World November 2020

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NORFOLK’s HOLIDAY LINES • Stephen Roberts charts the retreat of the railway from Norfolk’s coast.

ALL THINGS CONSID ERED: IN THE SPRING • The running of ‘holiday extras’ largely ended when Beeching eliminated all the spare coaching stock. Bob Gwynne thinks it’s time we enjoyed summer Saturday trains once more.

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WILLIAM JAMES 1771-1837 - TRUE ‘FATHER OF THE RAILWAY’? • Chris Leigh does some ‘history revision’, and learns about a man who was ‘into’ railways, even before George Stephenson.

A RAILWAY FROM THE CANAL AGE • New technology is nothing new. The 18th century canal promoters soon adopted the new technology of the railway and at Stratford-upon-Avon, they had a railway before they had steam locomotives, as Chris Leigh recounts.

LAMBOURN VALLE Y RAILWAY LETTER • The timing did not Quite work for Chris Leigh’s latest Ebay purchase.

SOUTHERN INCURSIONS AND EXCURSIONS • Part four David Thrower continues his analysis of Southern locomotive visits and visitors in the 1960s. Part one appeared in Steam World December 2022, part two in January 2023 and part three in February 2023.

1960s SHED VISITS REMEMBERED • Part two 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 sheds now long gone. sw

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

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