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STAVELEY BARROW HILL - With his own stunning photographs, Keith Pirt marks the rebirth of Barrow Hill MPD, Britain's last double roundhouse, with a look at the depot's history and its association with elderly Midland Railway Johnson 0-6-OTs which shunted the adjacent Staveley iron works until 1965.
THE END OF 17B - Some depots weren't as fortunate as Barrow Hill. Burton on Trent's sizeable locomotive shed built to serve the local brewing industry was torn down in 1996 but not before Mark Ratcliffe had made one final visit with a group of friends including the last shedmaster.
A FEW ' PANNIERS' Too MANY - In the 1950s the Western Region bought more than 200 new pannier tank .Was this new steam a waste of money public monev? Richard Strange and Chris Leigh investigate.
DERAILED AT REST BANK - Bill Ashcroft presents some colour views of the clean-up operations after a sleeping car train derailed.
REVIEWS - More books and video programmes come under the scrutiny of Steam World's reviewers.
PLATFORM - The readers' letters page offers another choice selection of comment on recent Steam World articles, and requests for information.
BURTON-ON-TRENT -1947 - A fine Aerofilms view of marshalling yards alongside the Midland main line in the famous brewery town.
ATTIC DISCOVERIES - A selection of black-and-white news photographs from the Hartlepool Mail discovered in the attic of the newspaper offices shortly before they were demolished.
AN EDINBURGH ENTHUSIAST - Using his own photographs and words, Edinburgh enthusiast Brian J. Didoon provides a conducted tour of the Scottish capital's iai locations including the principal mothcpCNwr depots.
THEY NEVER SAW IT COMING - The Editor muses on some fascinating tit-bits of information recorded in the Railway Observer of the 1950s/60s and notes that no-one foresaw the effects of Beech ing.
CALL ATTENTION - Chris Leigh introduces a variety of topics including the numberplate of a celebrated engine which sold for less than Ã