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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
OBSERVATIONS - 1T57 and all that! Main-line action from around the country featuring Taw Valley, Blue Peter, Duchess of Hamilton, Princess Elizabeth, Bahamas - and a remarkable double-header on the Southern
ON TRACK - Recalling the day there were twenty-two "Kings" on shed at Didcot - eight weeks ago! And that was before we hit the Brakspear's bitter
RESTORATION UPDATE - Debuts for Stroudley's El NoBllO and Hughes/Fowler 'Crab' No42765 - fund launched to save Brighton locomotives - "Cian" Pacific appeal announced - Collect 'auto-tank' returns
TRAFFIC NOTICES - Your monthly news update on locomotive movements and main-line activity
ON CLOSER INSPECTION: "SCHOOLS" EXAMINATION - A detailed study of the "Schools" class 4-4-0 of the Southern, the last and most powerful four-coupled express passenger design built for a British railway, and one which earned top marks for its designer, Richard Maunsell
STEAM PORTFOLIO: THE INTRIGUING WEBB - Martin Smith begins a three-part evaluation of the life and work of Francis William Webb, one of the most paradoxical of locomotive engineers, revered by some, rebuked by others
FROM THE FOOTPLATE - SPIRIT OF '68 - THE DAY WE FIRED "GEORGE STEPHENSON" - Harry Friend recalls two runs between Newcastle and Carlisle with the unique Stephenson link 'Black 5' No44767 George Stephenson, one highly successful and another that saw him hauled over' the coals - metaphorically speaking, of course!
THEY MADE HISTORY - THE MAVERICKS: GRESLEY'S GARRATT - In terms of tractive effort, it was the most powerful steam locomotive ever to work in Britain, a one-off Beyer-Garratt 2-8-8-2T built with just one purpose in mind - to provide a push over the Pennines
A BOOK FOR THE JOURNEY - New titles reviewed include a revealing biography that demands a reassessment of the work and the character of no less than Isambard Kingdom Brunel
OBSERVATIONS SPECIAL: A CENTENARY CELEBRATED - This year marks the centenary of the formation of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and the only surviving stretch of the M&GNJR, today's North Norfolk Railway, has been marking the event in. style -'and with both Midland and Great Northern Railway locomotives
WRITE LINES - You write to put us right on a few points!
WHERE THERE'S STEAM - Your area-by-area, line-by-line guide to steam activity over the coming weeks, including details of Santa specials, mince-pie specials and even hang-over specials!
NEXT MONTH'S 'STEAM CLASSIC' IS PREVIEWED ON PAGE 51
ON TRACK - Recalling the day there were twenty-two "Kings" on shed at Didcot - eight weeks ago! And that was before we hit the Brakspear's bitter
RESTORATION UPDATE - Debuts for Stroudley's El NoBllO and Hughes/Fowler 'Crab' No42765 - fund launched to save Brighton locomotives - "Cian" Pacific appeal announced - Collect 'auto-tank' returns
TRAFFIC NOTICES - Your monthly news update on locomotive movements and main-line activity
ON CLOSER INSPECTION: "SCHOOLS" EXAMINATION - A detailed study of the "Schools" class 4-4-0 of the Southern, the last and most powerful four-coupled express passenger design built for a British railway, and one which earned top marks for its designer, Richard Maunsell
STEAM PORTFOLIO: THE INTRIGUING WEBB - Martin Smith begins a three-part evaluation of the life and work of Francis William Webb, one of the most paradoxical of locomotive engineers, revered by some, rebuked by others
FROM THE FOOTPLATE - SPIRIT OF '68 - THE DAY WE FIRED "GEORGE STEPHENSON" - Harry Friend recalls two runs between Newcastle and Carlisle with the unique Stephenson link 'Black 5' No44767 George Stephenson, one highly successful and another that saw him hauled over' the coals - metaphorically speaking, of course!
THEY MADE HISTORY - THE MAVERICKS: GRESLEY'S GARRATT - In terms of tractive effort, it was the most powerful steam locomotive ever to work in Britain, a one-off Beyer-Garratt 2-8-8-2T built with just one purpose in mind - to provide a push over the Pennines
A BOOK FOR THE JOURNEY - New titles reviewed include a revealing biography that demands a reassessment of the work and the character of no less than Isambard Kingdom Brunel
OBSERVATIONS SPECIAL: A CENTENARY CELEBRATED - This year marks the centenary of the formation of the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway and the only surviving stretch of the M&GNJR, today's North Norfolk Railway, has been marking the event in. style -'and with both Midland and Great Northern Railway locomotives
WRITE LINES - You write to put us right on a few points!
WHERE THERE'S STEAM - Your area-by-area, line-by-line guide to steam activity over the coming weeks, including details of Santa specials, mince-pie specials and even hang-over specials!
NEXT MONTH'S 'STEAM CLASSIC' IS PREVIEWED ON PAGE 51
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