Comment - The Editor likens the railway to a giant theatre, for the entertainment of enthusiasts,
Call attention - The Editor is back in his signalbox with another selection of items to intrigue.
Plymouth's ocean liner expresses - John Fielder recalls the golden era of trans-Atlantic travel from Plymouth and its dramatic decline and fall in the early1960s. going/ going,
Almost gone - Then and now - Chris Leigh discovers that he photographed exactly the same spot as John Edgington over 50 years before.
Recollections of A country station master - Terry Temlett concludes his feature on F. A. j. Poole's tenure as Station Master at Bourton-on-the-Water, a station now erased from the town.
Platform - A bumper crop of your letters and comments with our popular crossword. the class 4 0-6-Os
THE LMS - 2 - Bob Essery concludes his feature on the Midland/IMS '4F' 0-6-0s with a look at firing techniques.
Great shot - Patrick Ransome-Wallis went lineside at Faringdon to catch a splendid picture of an 'N2'.
1297 tackles A Rugby special - David Percival tells the remarkable story of a 'B1', a 'V2', that got the rugby fans back home.
What's wrong with that? - Richard Strange presents a pictorial brain teaser and provides the answer and a possible explanation, too.
That reminds me... Andrew Dow considers posters and how they were used.
From the RAS archive - 'duchesses' - Three splendid illustrations of the ever popular Stanier 'Pacifics'.
On the GWR front line - Steam World's access to the archive of Getty Images reveals some remarkable photographs of the GWR at work in the 1920s/30s.
Southern scenes - Chris Leigh selects some favourite Southern locomotive views with one thing in common - they are all facing away from the camera.
Reminiscences of Loughborough railway society in the 1960s. - Peter Roulston recalls the railway society which he helped to found and its spotting trips.
Reviews - More new books and DVDs come under scrutiny of Steam World reviewers.
On the cover: Looking like black but in fact green and carrying the post-1956 crest, 'Manor' 4-6-0 No. 7824 stands at Swindon on October 16 1962.
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