NEWS - Takeover bid for the Mid-Hants Railway, Cambrian line steam in doubt as David Ward rejects Shrewsbury-Barmouth proposal. Super D No. 49395 and Cornwall move to Tyseley- all this, and much more, in SR - the magazine that's always out in front with the news.
THE MAN WHO REALLY EMPTIED BARRY SCRAPYARD - Dai Woodham banked the cash, Robert Adley basked in the publicity - but the man who really 'sold' Barry's engines - was Francis Blake. David Wilcock: talks to him.
GALLERY - The record shows that Standard 4 tank No. 80154 went for scrap in October 1967 - so why has it been running services on the Bluebell Railway during March and April? All will be revealed...
PURE GENIUS - How did a 1ft 10in gauge steam loco instantly convert to become a 5ft Sin gauge shunter? Colin Boocock explains what a touch of Irish genius did for the Guinness brewery railway.
A FORTUNE IN THE CARDS? - The railway cigarette cards being given away with SR's compliments this month, are reproductions- but if you have an original set tucked away, it could be worth a mint, as John Robinson explains.
MINIATURE & MINIMUM - So you're not into steam on the smaller gauges? Then prepare yourself for an education. Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway driver Peter van Zeller takes you there in this, the first in a new series of quarterly news reports.
THE ROCK THAT HAS 'MALLARD' RUNNING RIGHT THROUGH IT - For the first (and last?) time in SR - railart surrealism, on a subject to get you talking. Barry Price goes outrageous with 'Mallard'.
IT'S THE IRISH STEAM JACKPOT - Main line expresses from Belfast, suburban passenger from Dublin... there's never been a better year for steam in Ireland, than 1988. David Wilcock has the details.
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