The North British 4-4-2Ts - The only 4-4-2Ts to be built for a Scottish railway were two classes designed by Reid for the NBR. David Andersen recounts the history of these handsome locomotives, some of which survived through the 1950s, notably on the Craigendoran-Arrochar push-pull service
Watching the decline of Steam at Warrington Bank Quay - Regular train-spotter David Richardson made some weekday visits to Warrington, enabling him to build up a picture of the gradual disappearance of steam on the West Coast Main Line.
Signalboxes: The LMR - Richard Fitzgibbons follows up his feature on SR signalboxcs by looking at those of the LMR where the very different ideas and architectural styles of the Midland Railway and the London & North Western predominated
Book Reviews - The page which also looks at the latest video releases in the historical railway field. This month there's a new volume on the Isle of Man, md an archive video.
Men at Work - Photographer Noel Ingram made the East Coast main line his own, and came to know the men who worked it. This month's centre-spread provides a glimpse of railway work the way it used to be
Devon & Somerset journey - Author, photographer and collector of tickets, Chris Gammell concludes his trilogy of travels on the Devon and Somerset border with a journey to Minehead, and visits to Chard, the Yeovil area and the SR branch to Seaton
The 'Duchess' Nameplates - Where are they now? - Nameplates from Stanicr 'Pacifies' are among the most sought-after items ofrailwayana. Ian Wright knows the whereabouts of nearly all of them, considers the different varieties and provides a full listing
The Maunsell SR 'Schools' 4-4-0s - Through the colour photography of R.C. Riley we look at Maunsell's very successful 4-4-0s built to the severely restricted loading gauge of the Tonbridge-Hastings
That Day at Bourne End - When Stephen Gordon logged WCML traffic at Bourne End one day in 1959, a few miles up the line at Northwick Park, D.M. Alexander was busy taking photographs. The black and white images help to clear up one or two questions thrown up by the original notes.
The Train now Standing in the Booking Hall - A four-coach train is running away down a steeply graded branch, and the lone signalman has only seconds in which to act. He diverts the runaways through the goods yard with unexpected results. Prof. Alan Earnshaw was on the scene.
Platform - This month the selection of readers' letters provides more background to the aftermath of the 'Crewkerne Incident' and further information relating to the recent feature on Bourne End
The Steam World/Tele Rail Video Film Search - Shake out those old projectors and dig around in the loft, the best-selling all historical railway monthly and a top UK video producer have teamed up to seek out old railway footage for future archive video programmes. There's a great prize for the best and a good deal for the runncrs-up, so don't delay - start searching!

Front cover: Drummond 'M7' 0-4-4T No. 30129 takes water at Yeovil Junction station between trips with the push-pull shuttle to Yeovil Town. No. 30129 was built at Eastleigh in 1911 and withdrawn in December 1963.