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A key 'jubilee': No. 45658 Keyes - The Stanier 'Jubilee' 4-6-Os were the staple motive power for many passenger services on the LMS. K.R. Phillips and R. Townsin profile a locomotive that recorded one of the highest mileages of the 191-strong class. putting down roots in the 'plant'! - R.H.N. Hardy may have finished his epic GE series last month, but here he's back with a selection of pictures that give an intriguing insight into life behind the scenes at Doncaster's famous locomotive works in the 1940s. A southerner on the scent of white rose steam - Regular Steam World contributor Paul Leavens is best known for his writing and photography on the Southern Region, but this month he ventures north to begin a two-part reminiscence of visits to York. platform special - Readers responded enthusiastically - and sometimes angrily - to the Editor's plea for reactions to David Wilson's claim that 'middle-class' writers and others had distorted the reality of footplate life. The responses are split almost equally for and against his views. comment - The editor gauges the diverse reactions to David Wilson's controversial article on the writing and recording of footplate history. call attention - More on the Miles Platting station sign mystery, and we feature two outstanding examples of railway art. the railway gateway To the golden mile - Veteran enthusiast Eric Woods concludes his series on the vast volume and variety of traffic on the Fylde Coast line through Lytham StAnnes to the former Blackpool Central station. what, where, when? - Another pair of pictures for which photographer, writer and collector John Stretton is seeking information - and there's the usual book prize for the winning entrant. earning more 'brownie' points - Such was the success of our feature six months ago on readers' photographs taken with pocket-money cameras that we've repeated the exercise, again with surprisingly high-quality results. southern pioneer - A pictorial reminder of the first public appearance of Oliver Bulleid's first 'Pacific'. darkroom discoveries - Midlander Mike Kinder makes a photographic foray beyond his home territory for this selection of black and white shots of the Southern Region scene. platform - After our Platform Special on pages 20-21, our letters pages resume their normal service to provide the usual assortment of opinion. No brief encounter at carnforth - In the fifth and final part of his account of life at the celebrated Lancashire shed in the 1950s, former fireman Ned Armer describes three of the occupational hazards of footplate work - lack of coal, poor-quality coal and fog. A happy medium: 5FT 8IN on the 4FT 8.5IN! - Master photographer Keith Pirt presents another selection of his work, this time of medium-sized Great Western locomotives, which often escaped the enthusiast attention lavished on the big 4-6-0s and the smaller pannier and push-pull tanks. making history on the quakers' line - In a Steam's the Theme special to mark the 175th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, Gerry Sweet describes how the line was launched while Neville Stead provides rare pictures of the centenary celebrations in 1925. reviews - Steam World's assessments of railway literature. great shot - Still more from Keith Pirt, with a superb photographic portrait to round off our coverage. next issue - If you want to find out what's rostered for the November 5team World, turn,to page 67 to have your appetite whetted. To be sure of your copy, place an order with your newsagent. Cover - It's September 1958 and at Sheffield Darnall shed, LNER Class 011 4-4-0s No. 62660 Butler Henderson and 62665 Mons stand, awaiting the call to duty.
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