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The great cull of 1962! - One year, 1962, arguably witnessed the most catastrophic changes on BR, including the rarely acknowledged but nevertheless unprecedented pre-Beeching closure of nearly 800 route miles. During 1962 nearly 3,000 steam locomotives were withdrawn - an average of eight per day. As far as steam was concerned, it would never be the same again. NRM Librarian Philip Atkins asks if there was any discernable pattern to this, and if so, what underlay it? Photographing the GWR during wartime - Despite wartime travel restrictions Reg Batten managed to enjoy a part of the GWR system from his posting in Ruabon. Better still, with some covert dodges, he even managed some photography! what A 'wheeze': LNWR 0-8-Os in close-up - Lasting from the end of Queen Victoria's reign into nationalisation and BR's latter steam years, the LNWR 0-8-Os were remarkable survivors. Their history is very complex but, using pictures from his own collection, Peter Treloar attempts to unravel it in an article celebrating these rugged engines, which had a distinctive 'wheezing' sound. My 24-HOUR shed bash around swansea - It's just after midnight, and armed with an early morning fare shed-basher Patrick Evans is about to embark on a hectic tour of the Swansea area visiting as many sheds - and 'copping' as many locomotives as possible, before leaving for home exactly 24 hours later. Comment - What motivated photographers and how did they choose their steam subjects asks editor Mel Holley? Call attention - More oddities, suggestions and comments from the steam years. Sixteen and steaming! - He's only just turned 16 of age, but Bruce Fisher is already on the footplate on light firing duties. However, his aspirations for promotion are short-lived when he runs into trouble on the main line. How To subscribe To steam world - You can save Ã
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Almost every schoolboy wanted to be a steam locomotive driver, but aged 16, Bruce Fisher is already on the footplate and faces his firing examination. Find out how he gets on this month. Staying on the footplate we join William Cattermole who is 'learning the ropes' on the Eastern Region, although not without the odd incident. Meanwhile, R.H.N. Hardy is having problems at Stratford shed as two locomotives fail and are discovered to be within a whisker of their boilers exploding. On the lineside, we discover how a serviceman managed to photograph trains on the GWR during the Second World War. Staying on the WR, but now in peacetime, Patrick Evans is 'bunking' sheds in South Wales in an attempt to increase his 'cops'. During the great locomotive cull of 1962, the number of steam locomotives was dramatically reduced, while 55 classes were rendered extinct - 30 in a single month. National Railway Museum Librarian Philip Atkins analyses what happened and why. Finally, Peter Treloar attempts to unravel the complex history of the LNWR 0-8-Os, later nicknamed 'Super Ds', a remarkable class of locomotives that saw out two World Wars and nationalisation. Along with all our regulars, we ve got an action packed magazine that I hope will satisfy all tastes. So let's delay no morel
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