wednesdays FROM waterloo - As the sun set on steam out of Waterloo, Nick Hodges spent his midweek afternoons of 1966 riding behind Britain's last 'Pacific' fleet
requiem FOR THE 'J21S' - 'Yorkshireman' traces the history of a rugged nineteenth century North Eastern Railway 0-6-0 design by Worsdell, of which just one example still survives.
darkroom discoveries - the climb FROM tebay - Ace photographer John S. Whiteley has been delving deep in his negative collection to print some brand new images of steam on the climb to Shap summit.
decline OF steam AT swindon works - Paul Leavens recalls Swindon Works, between 1958 and the end of WR steam in 1965.
it HAD ALREADY BEEN DONE! - Following the controversy over 'A1' mileage figures, C.P. Atkins investigates and finds that prodigious mileages had been run many years before the 'A1' claim was made.
broken AT cohen's - As BR workshops became unable to cope with the volume of steam locomotives for scrapping, private contractors stepped in to help. John Crawley took some unusual views of the demise of steam at Cohen's Kettering yard
comment - Impressed by the Internet, Editor Chris Leigh looks at the attraction of going places by rail at home and abroad and explains some changes to the Steam World footplate crew.
great shot! - In this Keith Pirt photograph, a 'Britannia' roars through Sonning cutting at the head of the 'Red Dragon' in a view reminiscent of BR's late 1950s publicity material.
north-west steam - A glorious selection of colour print views taken in and around Carlisle in the 1960s from the camera of Bob Leslie.
platform - The readers' letters page idudes one man's memories ot the Wufci 9tffon main line at Iver in the 1950s and of bwfan on Gunhouse bank plus wide-ranging aJirnpt on recent Steam World articles.
still standing! - Prompted bv earlier photogophs ot disused engine sheds which sd steri, hawing found further use by indusfe^ Aba Robinson dug out six views of minor Scoteh sheds in 'alternative uses.'
crewe - 1975 - To complement a 1953 view of Cnewe published in June 1995, we present a more recent but still quarter-century old, Aerofilms view of the great railway town, showing how the area around the station changed in intervening years
the 'Poggy' log - 7 - One of Steam IVorfcfs most popular writers, railwayman R.H.S. Hank concludes his treastise on locomotives ot the Great Central Railway - good, bad and indifferent. In a future issue of Steam World he'll turn his attention to the locomotives ot the Great Eastern Railway.
golden engines - Fascinated by the then-new photographic style of Messrs Gifford and Krause, Nick Morant tried some different - and difficult - photography of Southern steam against the evening sunlight.
reviews - The latest book and video releases come under the scrutiny of the Steam World reviewers, helping you make your buying choices.
all things considered - Andrew Dow draws attention to the use of rail transport by the Post Office and remembers 'the night mail crossing the border.'
steam world classified - The place to buy or sell railwayana, photographs, books and videos - in fact anything from a ticket to a locomotive!

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'A4' 4-6-2 No. 60010 Dominion of Canada awaits the 'right away' from Perth with a late afternoon Glasgow-Aberdeen express in May 1964.