Working from Saltley - Engine drivers came in all sorts and sizes. The prospect of a turn with 'Piggy' - 16 stone and argumentative - didn't fill fireman Terry Essery with confidence. WITH COLOUR
Ashby-de-la~Zouch In the 1940/50s - In. the concluding part, Roger Eckersley considers the train services and the locomotives which worked to this Midland town.
A Run with Sir Nigel - Gresley 'A4' 4-6-2s on the Glasgow-Aberdeen three-hour expresses are recalled through Alan Tyson's colour views of No. 60007 at Stirling. COLOUR FEATURE
Three of a Kind - Bill Potter found, and photographed, two pre-Grouping classes together in numerical sequence back in the early 1950s
Worting Junction - just a memory - Photographer R.C. Riley presents a photographic tribute to a junction which was a popular lineside spot in steam days. WITH COLOUR
Reviews - Books and videos to consider adding to the collection, with Christmas on the horizon.
Camping Out on the Western Region - 3 - Chris Gammell concludes his camping coach holiday with visits to Fowey and the Southern's western extremity. WITH COLOUR
Steam World/TeleRail Film Search - Its results time in the hunt for undiscovered archive footage launched in Steam World.
John Spencer Ojilks in Scotland - With an eye to the picturesque side of railways in grand scenery, John took his camera to Scotland and captured some idyllic scenes. COLOUR FEATURE
Pork Pie and Pannier - These and other abiding memories of that magnificent station at Birmingham Snow Hill are recalled by Clem Huzzey. WITH COLOUR
Colln GIfford's Snow Hill - The late lamented Birmingham station is the subject of four striking views from the camera of one of the great railway photographers.
Images of the Working Railway - A 'WD' 2-8-0 heads a coal train in this Eric Treacy scene
Burton's Brewery Railways - 3 - In this concluding part, Nicholas Whittaker looks at the privately owned engines which worked in Burton's breweries. WITH COLOUR
Platform - More readers' letters including further details of the post-war restoration of HR No. 103, appeals for information and answers to recent readers' questions are featured in another bumper mailbag.

Front cover: Lostwithiel station featured Brunelian Cornwall Railway buildings and distinctly 'tropical'-looking trees. It was the junction for the branch to Fowey which is still used for china clay traffic. On June 14 1960, '14XX' 0-4-2T No. 1419 waits at the station with the branch train for Fowey. The station has since been completely rebuilt. A.D.Maniott,