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NEWS - NRM considers tearing out its unique second turntable; 'Scotsman' and 'Pendennis' to meet up again; Scots Guardsman for Tyseley plus the sad news that Lord Lindsay has died, just 16 days after fulfilling his final ambition on the West Highland
THE SCHIZOPHRENIC N2 - Only one member of a class preserved? No problem! Geoff Silcock relates the tale of the tank with a split personality.
INDUSTRIAL STEAM LIVES ON! - Hands up those who think Britain's an industrial steam desert? No fewer than 11 locos live on and one is in regular use!
HOW THE BIG FOUR WENT TO WAR - Fifty years ago this month - on September 3 - Britain went to war with Germany. Michael Bonavia and John Baxter tell the story of how the railways adapted to the stark challenge.
MAILBAG - The demise of the BR steam locomotive 21 years ago drove a lot of spotters to take up fishing - but some simply transferred their hobby into the world of bibliography. All is revealed on Page 29. PLUS possibly the first published picture of double-headed A3s.
BEHIND THE SMOKEBOX DOOR - Nick Pigott talks to one of Britain's best-known railway booksellers - Mike Higson of 'The Smokebox'.
THE WORSE FOR DRINK - You've all seen them, you've probably supped under them, but have you really LOOKED at some of those railway pub signs? David Eatwell and Nick Pigott take you on a pub crawl with a difference.
THE LORD OF THE ISLES - Just as Steam Railway was going to press, the sad news of Lord Lindsay's death reached us, making the rush to get his K4 to the Highlands for his benefit all the more poetic. David Wilcock reports.
GALLERY - A change of emphasis now enables Gallery to display photographic portraits from the past as well as the present
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THE SCHIZOPHRENIC N2 - Only one member of a class preserved? No problem! Geoff Silcock relates the tale of the tank with a split personality.
INDUSTRIAL STEAM LIVES ON! - Hands up those who think Britain's an industrial steam desert? No fewer than 11 locos live on and one is in regular use!
HOW THE BIG FOUR WENT TO WAR - Fifty years ago this month - on September 3 - Britain went to war with Germany. Michael Bonavia and John Baxter tell the story of how the railways adapted to the stark challenge.
MAILBAG - The demise of the BR steam locomotive 21 years ago drove a lot of spotters to take up fishing - but some simply transferred their hobby into the world of bibliography. All is revealed on Page 29. PLUS possibly the first published picture of double-headed A3s.
BEHIND THE SMOKEBOX DOOR - Nick Pigott talks to one of Britain's best-known railway booksellers - Mike Higson of 'The Smokebox'.
THE WORSE FOR DRINK - You've all seen them, you've probably supped under them, but have you really LOOKED at some of those railway pub signs? David Eatwell and Nick Pigott take you on a pub crawl with a difference.
THE LORD OF THE ISLES - Just as Steam Railway was going to press, the sad news of Lord Lindsay's death reached us, making the rush to get his K4 to the Highlands for his benefit all the more poetic. David Wilcock reports.
GALLERY - A change of emphasis now enables Gallery to display photographic portraits from the past as well as the present
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