SPECIALS:
LMS: beaten by the war - The London Midland & Scottish Railway was the biggest of the 'Big Four' but the Second World War took its toll.
High Fives - The 'Black Five' is the archetypal LMS engine and 18 have been preserved. We bring you up to date with all of them.
Subscribe - Get your hands on a free lightweight monopod for you lineside rucksack when you subscribe to STEAM RAILWAY.
Gallery - The very best 'mastershots' of .steam presented exclusively for your enjoyment and a centre spread 'Duchess' spectacular.
Death of an '8F' - A locomotive in action can produce a fine picture but the scrapping of an engine also produces some dramatic images.
Unravelling the 'Knotty' - The Churnet Valley Railway is an often overlooked line - but it's a superb recreation of an early BR-era LMS branch line.
Brian Dean's steam dream - Take a look 'Through the Lens' of Brian Dean as he explains'^ow he tries to recapture on film what he dreams in his head.
'Prairie' flies the flag in Budapest - Nick Brodrick goes behind the scenes at the Hungarian 'Steam Grand Prix' with an unusual entrant: GWR 2-6-2T No. 5521.
'Hamilton': worth waiting for - LMS enthusiasts have waited a long time to see an LMS streamliner. Find out how the Duchess of Hamilton projec} came about.
Day out with a 'Princess' - Editor Danny Hopkins spends a day with the support crew of one of the icons of LMS steam. No. 6201 Princess Elizabeth.
A 1930s gricer - The glory days of the LMS: 'The Glorious Years' has a remarkable collection of previously unpublished photographs this issue - a 1930s gricer's scrapbook.

REGULARS:
News - Evening Star to go on display in Swindon. the Swansea Vale Railway is forced to close, the West Somerset Railway realises Taunton dream. The Great Marguess returns to Scotland and No. 5521 hauls the "Orient Express'.
Tried and Tested - To buy or not to buy.
Mailbag - Thoughts on wartime events, what it was like getting wet behind a Jubilee' and on the footptate of an 'A4'.
Mixed Traffic City o( Bmwigham in Birmingham and a Stanier '8F' in Turkey.
Down Main - David Witcock tackles main line issues.
Main Line Diary - The full mainline listings for the next couple of months.
Top Link - Steam Dreams end of Southern steam special and Duchess of Sutherland come under the spotlight.
The Guide Your guice to everywhere that has steam - what's on and how you can get to it.


Locomotives featured in this issue:

158A
850 Lord Nelson
1306 'Mayflower'
1509
2343
3132
3440 City of Truro
3802
4472 Flying Scotsman
4771 Green Arrow
4936 Kinlet Hall
4953 Pitchford Hall
5000
5025
5070
5167
5199
5239 'Goliath'
5339 Henry Maudsley
5521
5542
5552 Golden Jubilee
5698
5764
5967 Bickmarsh Hall
6000 King George V
6024 King Edward I
6103 Royal Scots Fusilier
6134 Atlas
6)38 The London Irish Rifleman
6201 Princess Elizabeth
6202
6211 Queen Maud
6212 Duchess of Kent
6229 Duchess of Hamilton
6233 Duchess of Sutherland
6243 City of Lancaster
6620
6825 Llanvair Grange
7413
7714
7821 Ditcheat Manor
25763
30926 Repton
32678 Knowle
34046 Braunton
34067 Tangmere
35005 Canadian Pacific
35025 Brocklebank Line
35028 Clan Line
41312
44027
44422
44767
44781
44806
44871
44901
44932
44996
45110
45161
45163
45212
45231
45293
45305
45337
45379
45407
45428
45491
45562 Alberta
46203 Princess Margaret Rose.
46235 City of Birmingham
48026
46443
48151
48173
53809
60019 Bittern
60033 Seagull
63395
65462
71000 Duke of Gloucester
73050 'City of Peterborough
73096
73129
75079
76079
80098
80104
80136
92220 Evening Star

Industrial:
1827
Dolobran
Sir Berkeley

Narrow Gauge:
19
823 Countess
85
Flower of the Forest.
K1
Earl of Merioneth
Sherpa
Superior
Jack Lane
Isabel
Little Bess
Bathala

Ovrseas:
Adler
4
27
6046
109.13
109.109
331.037
424.009
475.179

On the cover: No. 5593 Kolhapur masquerading as No. 5552 Silver Jubilee at Buckley Wells in 1992.