FAREWELL TO BR' - Privatisation on April 1 brings to an end to the British Railways national railway network. We present a pictorial look back at some facets of the BR steam era
BATH GREEN PARK - The Midland Railway station at Bath is now a shopping centre. The camera reminds us how it used to be as a working station with its own steam shed
CHOO-CHOO CH-BOOGIE - As a schoolboy, lan Krause operated his own shed-bash tours by some decidedly unorthordox methods in order to keep costs down.
INTO & OUT OF THE WAGON - 2 - Clem Huzzey concludes his look at wagon development by considering the fleet of tanks, vans and covered containers.
CULM VALLEY COLOUR VIEW - This month's colour centre spread features the popular South Devon branch from Tiverton Junction to Hemyock
PAGES FROM A PORTRAIT ALBUM - R.H.N. Hardy recalls some of the railwaymen who feature in his photograph album and who helped to shape his career.
REVIEWS - More books and video programmes go under the microscope.
OXBRIDGE DIRECT - John Spencer Gilks concludes his journeys along the direct line between Oxford and Cambridge
WALK THE LINE - Take a walk along the old Midland branch line from Stonehouse to Nailsworth. Bill Potter's photographs show how it used to look.
ALONG THE TIDDLY DYKE - 2 - In concluding his article on the Midland & South Western Junction Railway, W.O. Bullock looks at the Swindon-Chettenham section.
PLATFORM - Readers' thoughts and opinions on the subjects covered in recent issues of Steam World.

Cover. Gresley "A4" 4-6-2 No. 60003 Andrew K. McCosh nears Gainsborough Lea Road with a diverted ECML King's Cross-Newcastle express in January 1960. A colour feature on these diversions is being prepared for the next Steam World.