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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
steam's sussex exit on 'THE BRIGHTON' - Popular Steam World contributor Chris Gammell demolishes the myth that the Southern Region of British Railways was dominated by electric traction in a tribute to the end of steam on the former LBSCR.
keeping control on the WCML - Former Preston-based controller Ron Herbert gives Steam World readers exclusive access to the detailed personal records he kept during his working life on the railway. He starts with a typical day's operation on the West Coast Main Line - and provides some behind-the-scenes pictures of life in one of the all-important control rooms.
rediscovering durham's enduring delights - Growing up near the historic city of Durham, Tony Brown was able to watch the trains go by in one of the most majestic settings in the country. We present a selection of his black-and-white pictures in a special photographic feature.
bournemouth belle: A dorset resort remembered - Busy Bournemouth played host to locomotives from all the Big Four constituent companies, including, occasionally, even the LNER. Alan Tricked begins a detailed and nostalgic account of services to the Dorset resort between 1943 and 1967.
comment - Steam World indulges in some turn-of-the-Millennium introspection as it looks ahead to the future of the hobby in the 21st century.
call attention - Veteran shed-basher Patrick Evans pays tribute to the unsung role of the humble spotter's notebook...and announces a special archive deal for Steam World readers.
darkroom discoveries - More top-quality black-and-white photography, this time from the camera of Norman Browne, in a collection of shots of the famous GWR 'Hall' 4-6-0s.
through train from gloucester To bletchley - and back. - The late Stanford Jacobs took part in a railtour behind a Midland "IP' 4-4-0 in 1957 through territory that ranged from quadruple main lines to single-track branches. His account of the tour reveals how former GWR and LMS practices co-existed somewhat uncomfortably in the area.
Go east, young man! - Steam World regular R.H.N. Hardy concludes his entertaining account of the 'Claud' 4-4-Os in the latest part of his series on the Great Eastern section of the LNER.
what, where, when? - The first Steam World of the new Millennium sees the launch oÃ
keeping control on the WCML - Former Preston-based controller Ron Herbert gives Steam World readers exclusive access to the detailed personal records he kept during his working life on the railway. He starts with a typical day's operation on the West Coast Main Line - and provides some behind-the-scenes pictures of life in one of the all-important control rooms.
rediscovering durham's enduring delights - Growing up near the historic city of Durham, Tony Brown was able to watch the trains go by in one of the most majestic settings in the country. We present a selection of his black-and-white pictures in a special photographic feature.
bournemouth belle: A dorset resort remembered - Busy Bournemouth played host to locomotives from all the Big Four constituent companies, including, occasionally, even the LNER. Alan Tricked begins a detailed and nostalgic account of services to the Dorset resort between 1943 and 1967.
comment - Steam World indulges in some turn-of-the-Millennium introspection as it looks ahead to the future of the hobby in the 21st century.
call attention - Veteran shed-basher Patrick Evans pays tribute to the unsung role of the humble spotter's notebook...and announces a special archive deal for Steam World readers.
darkroom discoveries - More top-quality black-and-white photography, this time from the camera of Norman Browne, in a collection of shots of the famous GWR 'Hall' 4-6-0s.
through train from gloucester To bletchley - and back. - The late Stanford Jacobs took part in a railtour behind a Midland "IP' 4-4-0 in 1957 through territory that ranged from quadruple main lines to single-track branches. His account of the tour reveals how former GWR and LMS practices co-existed somewhat uncomfortably in the area.
Go east, young man! - Steam World regular R.H.N. Hardy concludes his entertaining account of the 'Claud' 4-4-Os in the latest part of his series on the Great Eastern section of the LNER.
what, where, when? - The first Steam World of the new Millennium sees the launch oÃ
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