NEWS - Just as the Peak Railway starts rebuilding its missing bridge at Buxton, another two bridges are demolished at the southern end of the Buxton - Matlock route. Also, the last industrial steam loco in South Wales enters preservation, and the Severn Valley Railway is caught up in a court case about noise.
NEW SPIRIT AT THE GWILI - The Gwili Railway in South West Wales has come through some hard times - but with steam back in action on the line, and several important projects nearing completion, the future is looking better. Peter Nicholas reports.
RAILWAY INSPECTORATE REPORT - After an accident at Toton, Notts., in which a railway worker was crushed, the Railway Inspectorate has urged some restrictions on the operation of main line steam locomotives.
GALLERY - Main line steam in Ireland and on the British mainland is covered in Steam Railway's popular photographic round-up, including the return from Carlisle of 'Black Five' 4-6-0 No.5305 Alderman A.E. Draper and the coming-together at Stratford-upon-Avon of a couple of 'Sirs'.
INTERLUDE AT KILLIN - Scotland's Killin branch was an idyllic place where time stood still until a Glen Ogle landslip beat even Dr. Beeching and the line closed in September, 1965. John Goss remembers one sunny day on the branch.
MAILBAG - Are the railway video 'overlords' trying to mop up the market atthe expense of the enthusiastic amateurs? And does anyone know the identity of an empty engine shed? Also, what readers think about Steam Railway's contents.
BOOK REVIEWS - Newtitles concerning 'Princess Royal' Pacific No.6201 Princess Elizabeth, the Southern Moguls, GWR locomotive allocations from 1922 to 1967, and the Merthyr, Tredegar & Abergavenny Railway and its branches come under scrutiny this month.
WORLDWIDE REPORT - While David Thornhill wonders what the effect of the bombing of Libya will have on Middle East steam-seekers, his report on several remaining pockets of steam in the rest of the world strikes a more optimistic note.
THE GLORIOUS YEARS - David Sellman took up train-spotting, like many of his young contemporaries, in the 1950s - until his uncle, A.A. Sellman, encouraged him to take up railway photography and accompanied him on many unforgettable trips.
PERMANENT WAY . . .In railway terms, the land of the Jam Butty Mines is not what it used to be-as our two photographs of Knotty Ash and Stanley station, on the former Cheshire Lines system, taken 20 years apart, show all too clearly.
STRANGE BEDFELLOWS - The middle 1960s brought many strange combinations of steam and diesel motive power as crews learned the very different driving techniques of the new locomotives, and running sheds grappled with changeover problems. Gavin Morrison's photo spread brings it all back.
TRAIN INFORMATION - Steam Railway's thorough monthly guide to what's in steam both atthe preservation centres and out on the main line is just the ticket now that the summer holidays are under way.