DAWLISH SEA WALL: THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S GUIDE - Steam is again set to take South Devon by storm this August, when Past-Time Rail runs its 'Dawlish Donkey' Exeter-Paignton shuttles throughout August behind Standard 4MT 2-6-0 No. 76079. With the aid of Ordnance Survey maps, regular visitor Brian Dean shows you how to take the best pictures on this magnificent stretch of main line, outlining 12 of the best photographic locations including the famous Dawlish sea wall.

50 YEARS OF BR STANDARDS: A RETROSPECTIVE VIEW - When moves to save the Talyllyn Railway in 1951 Kicked off the preservation movement, there was no serious threat to steam - as in the same year, No. 70000 Britannia, the first of 999 BR Standard locomotives, rolled off the production line. In a special feature to mark their half centenary, David Jenkinson, former head of education and research at the National Railway Museum, argues that most of them were unnecessary and added little to the development of the steam locomotive as already pioneered by the 'Big Four' companies.

BACK TO BASICS AT THE BURE VALLEY - A sunny summer's day in Norfolk sees Robin Jones run the rule over both Norfolk's 1 Sin gauge Bure Valley Railway and a budget price Jessops own brand single lens reflex camera, to see whether quality railway photography can still be achieved for around the Ã