Steam World

Steam World is Britain's best selling historical railway magazine. Covering the magical times when steam railways were the lifeblood of the country. It features first-hand accounts from drivers, firemen, BR managers and enthusiasts alike. Featuring magnificent photography from the fifties and sixties, it will bring back wonderful memories coupled with inside information of what it was really like to work, travel and play on the world's best railway.

Steam World

ABOVE THEIR STATION

CALL ATTENTION • Another day, another bridge - Chris Leigh calls attention to more bridge stories and more besides.

THE 1955 ASLEF STRIKE • Mark Reynolds explores the weeks in 1955 when the railway was brought to its knees

UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: 65033 • ‘J21’ No. 65033 wasaremarkable survivor by the 1960s but, as Richard Foster explores, its story continues…

THE ‘PRINCESS ROYAL’ 4-6-2s • Perhaps not as good looking as the mighty ‘Duchesses’, Stanier’s ‘Princess Royals’ were still a force to be reckoned with, says Richard Derry

ON GIFFORD’S COAT TAILS – PART 2 • Peter Tilley and Dick Hodgkiss present another selection of their attempts at emulating Colin Gifford, this time focussing on the end of British Railways steam

GREAT SHOT!

‘UNCLE MAC’S’ ISLAND • Chris Leigh delves into a wallet of photographs given to him by Alistair MacLeod, one time supremo of the Southern Railway’s Isle of Wight railways

PLATFORM • send your letters to Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton South gate, Peterborough PE2 6GX or steamworld@choicemag.co.uk

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

SMITH AROUND THE WESTERN • Michael Welch presents another selection of Martin Smith’s colour archive, this time focussing on the Western Region

A SPOTTER’S YEAR CONCLUDED • Bruce Laws takes us through the summer and into the last days of 1961 as he and his friends from Ipswich conclude their travels around the UK

SOUTHERN BRIDGE SELECTION • Bob Gwynne’s ‘All Things Considered’ about bridges in SW455 prompted Laurie Golden to select his favourites on the Southern Region

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