FIRING DAYS AT RUGBY - In the first part of a new short series Derek Smith recalls the start of his career firing steam on the west coast main line at Rugby.
A NIGHTMARE OF NUMBERS - The 1946 renumbering of LNER locomotives was a mammoth task involving 6,500 locomotives. J.R. Walker recalls the nightmare which brought order out of chaos.
RETURN TO BUGGLESKELLY - Sixty years after its making, the Will Hay movie Oh Mr. Porter! remains a classic of English comedy. Gary Smith investigates the takeover of a Hampshire village by the film-makers.
FIFTY YEARS AT THE LINESIDE - P.H. Wells, the Lincolnshire-based photographer who died earlier this year had compiled photographs and text for a book covering his lifetime's interest in railway photography. The book was never published and 5feam World presents a selection of pictures from his collection.
REVIEWS - A Christmas selection of book and video reviews which will help you choose your presents.
ASHFORD - 1947 - A fine Aerofilms view of the former SECR works at this important Kent junction.
THE TOGGY' LOG - 2 - The doyen of railway writers, R.H.N. Hardy continues his recollections of Great Central locomotives and the men who operated them.
COMMENT - Editor Chris Leigh expands on the current debate over railway history and nostalgia.
CALL ATTENTION - This month's selection of snippets includes an unusual trolley and a bid to stop Brunei smoking.
THE NAMING GAME - The choice of names for locomotives has long been an important and at times controversial issue. Stanford Jacobs examines the background to namings on the LNER and its constituents.
DUNALASTAIR MEETS DUNALASTAIR - Gavin Whitelaw investigates how two Sottish 4-4-0s came to a 'cornfield meet.'
PLATFORM - Barry McLoughlin delves into the Steam ftowi postbag of readers' letters.
SWINDON'S LAST STAND? - The curtain falls on Hawksworth's 'County' class 4-6-0s in the final part of J.K. Lewis' analysis.
THE SHEEP FAIR AT CORBY GLEN - The sleepy village of Corby Glen, south of Grantham, saw feverish activity a couple of times each year. Peter Keys provides an insight into some unusual railway activity.
ALL THINGS CONSIDERED - In the 50th edition of his regular column, Andrew Dow recalls sleeping car travel and Motorail operations and ponders whether we might see their rebirth.
MAKING THE STEAM WORLD ARCHIVE SERIES - We go behind the scenes at TeleRail's studios to learn how the acclaimed Steam World archive programmes were made
TELL ME ABOUT IT - 7 - The welcome return of Colin Gifford's photo-quiz with the answers to competition No. 6 which featured scenes in Wolverhampton.
TAMWORTH MEMORIES - This month's selection from Britain's No. 1 spotting location inckludes a three-hour log of observations and the first photograph of spotters in the field