Comment - The Editor ponders the less-than-flattering interpretations of some railways' initials.
Platform - Another helping of your letters and comments, topped off with the Steam World crossword.
Working Through The Severn Tunnel - R.Scrase describes how a typical trip through the tunnel with a freight train would have been worked.
Call Attention - Another mixed bag of editorial thoughts prompted by your letters and recent articles.
Selby In The 1950s - For the spotter, Selby had more attractions than its iconic swing bridge, as S. Barry Clark recalls.
Recollections Of A Country Station Master - Terry Temlett describes the railway career of F. A. J. Poole, a Station Master in rural Gloucestershire.
That Reminds Me...Andrew Dow remembers the days when stations had porters and there was always someone to assist the passenger.
Kent And The Modern Tank - Ian Orriss remembers when the Southern Region received replacements for some of its ancient tank locomotives.
Great Shot! - Another fine picture from the archives of Getty Images
Stratford: An Olympian Place - All eyes will be focussed on Stratford, East London, later this year but Terry Moore talked to Steve Derby about how il used to be.
'R1' 0-6-0s At Folkestone - Photographer, Eric Sawford, recorded the diminutive SECR 'Rl' O-6-OTs which worked the sleep Folkestone Harbour branch.
Ivatt Locomotives On Test - Brian Topping examines the reports from road and static tests of new 2-6-0 and 2-6-2T designs by the last LMS Chief Mechanical Engineer.
The Banbury Link - lan Mitchell was in the Doncaster link which worked fish trains through to Banbury via lhe Great Cenlral line.
Reviews - More books and DVDs pass lhe scrutiny of Steam World's reviewers.
On the cover: Gresley 'A4' 4-6-2 No. 60026 Miles Beevor dashes through Hadley Wood with the down 'Scotch Goods' in May I960.
Contents page photo: Stanier '8F' 2-8-0 No. 48468, devoid of shed code plate, but otherwise looking well cared for, at Banbury shed in the late 1960s.
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