Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
keeping west coast expresses cruising - To allow crack passenger express trains gain the best advantage and run at high speed over long distances on the West Coast Main Line changes had to be made signalling practice. As Gordon Little explains, a new 4-4-4 bell-code provides the clue to the fastest schedules.
dealing with A derailed 'V2' at mirfield - A locomotive derailment is bad enough, but when it has shot through the end of a siding and slithered down an embankment then recovery is even more awkward and hazardous, as the breakdown gang and our unknown photographer, found out at Mirfield, West Yorkshire, in 1962.
farnborough in '54! - Using pictures by Colin Hogg, Mike Esau recalls the amazing range of steam workings that could be enjoyed in the Famborough area 50 years ago, notably pre-grouping locomotives still in use on express passenger trains on the main line.
military practice and pride at longmoor - Jeffery Grayer recalls open days held at the Longmoor Military Ragoray in 1968 and 1969 and gives a brief history of the line and the subsequent doomed preservation attempt.
comment - A slice through railway history and momentous turning points.
call attention - More oddities, suggestions and comments from the steam years.
footplate fraternity at fratton - It's 1946 and 17-year-old Fratton footplateman George Blakey is about to begin the unpleasant experience of working on oil burners, and he recounts how a steam raiser was almost seriously injured during a fuel-oil explosion in a firebox.
How To subscribe To steam world - You can save nearly 22p off the cover price of each issue and get the magazine posted to your home at our expense before it's in the shops!
an ENTHUSIAST'S YEAR: 1954 - Although pre-Beeching, line closures were starting to bite and there was plenty of interest for enthusiast NeU Sprinks as he recalls his railway forays of 50 years ago.
that remimds me - Drawing on material from his late father, George Dow's, collection Andrew Dow pounces on a photograph of an event 70 yeare ago that led to a new railway revolution.
from the air - This month we return to the area just nother of King's Cross in 1963.
the fastline files - Using superb images from the infrastructure archive of Fastline Photographic Ltd, Andrew Dow concludes his series by looking at over bridges on the Eastern Region.
buy A steam world video! - Steam World's own video-archieve - using readers' footage - has expanded to a 14th volume - The latest release covers the North East
platform - Debate and discussion on a wide variety of topics - across the entire steam scene.
my love affair with 'A4S' - After wintertime visits to Scotland to sample 'A4s' Derek Cope returns again in 1966 for a final fling with Gresley's finest - and a brush with the law.
great shot! - We visit Aberystwyth shed on June 10 1963 to catch up with GWR 4-6-0 No. 7810 Draycott Manor.
next issue - Don't miss our peek at next month's timetable, to find out what's going to arrive in the October issue of Britain's top-selling historical railway magazine. Don't miss out - order your copy from the newsagents now!
ON THE COVER: Now preserved on the Bluebell Railway, BR Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0 No. 73082 Camelot is in charge of a mixed freight on the up slow at Haynes Bridge, Weybridge, in June 1962
dealing with A derailed 'V2' at mirfield - A locomotive derailment is bad enough, but when it has shot through the end of a siding and slithered down an embankment then recovery is even more awkward and hazardous, as the breakdown gang and our unknown photographer, found out at Mirfield, West Yorkshire, in 1962.
farnborough in '54! - Using pictures by Colin Hogg, Mike Esau recalls the amazing range of steam workings that could be enjoyed in the Famborough area 50 years ago, notably pre-grouping locomotives still in use on express passenger trains on the main line.
military practice and pride at longmoor - Jeffery Grayer recalls open days held at the Longmoor Military Ragoray in 1968 and 1969 and gives a brief history of the line and the subsequent doomed preservation attempt.
comment - A slice through railway history and momentous turning points.
call attention - More oddities, suggestions and comments from the steam years.
footplate fraternity at fratton - It's 1946 and 17-year-old Fratton footplateman George Blakey is about to begin the unpleasant experience of working on oil burners, and he recounts how a steam raiser was almost seriously injured during a fuel-oil explosion in a firebox.
How To subscribe To steam world - You can save nearly 22p off the cover price of each issue and get the magazine posted to your home at our expense before it's in the shops!
an ENTHUSIAST'S YEAR: 1954 - Although pre-Beeching, line closures were starting to bite and there was plenty of interest for enthusiast NeU Sprinks as he recalls his railway forays of 50 years ago.
that remimds me - Drawing on material from his late father, George Dow's, collection Andrew Dow pounces on a photograph of an event 70 yeare ago that led to a new railway revolution.
from the air - This month we return to the area just nother of King's Cross in 1963.
the fastline files - Using superb images from the infrastructure archive of Fastline Photographic Ltd, Andrew Dow concludes his series by looking at over bridges on the Eastern Region.
buy A steam world video! - Steam World's own video-archieve - using readers' footage - has expanded to a 14th volume - The latest release covers the North East
platform - Debate and discussion on a wide variety of topics - across the entire steam scene.
my love affair with 'A4S' - After wintertime visits to Scotland to sample 'A4s' Derek Cope returns again in 1966 for a final fling with Gresley's finest - and a brush with the law.
great shot! - We visit Aberystwyth shed on June 10 1963 to catch up with GWR 4-6-0 No. 7810 Draycott Manor.
next issue - Don't miss our peek at next month's timetable, to find out what's going to arrive in the October issue of Britain's top-selling historical railway magazine. Don't miss out - order your copy from the newsagents now!
ON THE COVER: Now preserved on the Bluebell Railway, BR Standard Class 5MT 4-6-0 No. 73082 Camelot is in charge of a mixed freight on the up slow at Haynes Bridge, Weybridge, in June 1962
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