Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
CLASSIC COMMENT - We asked which locomotives you would like to see returned to steam, and you’ve told us
OBSERVATIONS - A starring role in more senses than one — for ‘Black 5’ No44932 as we take in some ‘tales of the unexpected’
STEAM ON THE MAIN LINE - Main line steam returns to the Welsh Marches and the Cumbrian Coast
NEWS - From Snowdon, Somerset and Sacramento, California, do we have news for you . . .
FROM A SCRAP-BOOK - It's ten years since Oliver Leyton visited Barry scrapyard; he recalls what he saw and asks, where are they now?
WE HAD BRANCHES EVERYWHERE! - From Scotland to Cornwall, west Wales to East Anglia, the rural branch line was once commonplace. Gerry Penreth recalls trains long departed
STEAM PORTFOLIO: TABLED “MANORS” - Richard Derry chronicles the careers of the last of the Collett 4-6-0 designs, now so pupular among preservationists
ARSENAL STEAM - How the Army and the Navy recruited a Manning Wardle and made a mark on railway history
REMEMBER WHEN ... ?.. the ‘Sunny South’ meant a journey by steam? Some Southern memories this month
A BOOK FOR THE JOURNEY - Our verdict on recent books of note
WATCHING BRIEF - Views on new video releases
ON CLOSER INSPECTION: MADE IN THE USA - The story of fourteen ‘switchers’ and Southampton Docks
RESTORATION UPDATE - “What will steam in ’91? The likely ones, and the long-shots
WHERE THERE’S STEAM - Your area-by-area, line-by-line guide to steam services — with news of forthcoming special events
THEY MADE HISTORY: SETTING THE “PRECEDENTS” - The L&NWR called them the “Precedents”; and their achievments were unprecedented
WRITE LINES - Your chance to let off steam — mostly at us this month!
COVER PICTURES:
Churchward's 'small Prairie' became the mainstay of West Country branches and local lines from its introduction in 1906 until replacement by diesel multiple units — or until the branch closed. But the sight of a 4500 class 2-6-2T in action can still be enjoyed on two West Country railways — the Torbay Steam Railway and the West Somerset Railway. The Severn Valley's No4566, however, looks set to spend this summer on the unfamiliar territory of the Kent & East Sussex Railway. On home ground in April 1989, the 2-6-2T descends into Arley.
On this month's back cover, a scene that could be Crewe or Carlisle 1960, as a 'Jinty' shunts wagons and a "Coronation" class Pacific awaits the 'right-away'. Only No46229's NRM headboard mars the illusion. This was Keighley, October 1990, and Duchess of Hamilton was calling in for water while on "CME" duty. The Duchess's year is the subject of a feature next month (Philip Winstantey).
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