Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.
With Rex Kennedy as editor, he has 80 years of railway memories to recollect, alongside the stories and tales retold by many of the contributors.
Steam Days covers the six regions of British railways in each edition; Western, Southern, London, Midland, Eastern, and Scottish, with the occasional article on Irish railways and the industrial scene.
Packed with fully illustrated articles, Steam Days covers the history of the railways of Great Britain from the early days of the 1800s through to the end of steam on British Railways in August 1968.
The new May edition of Steam Days includes…
Princess Anne – the hybrid ‘Princess Royal’
The un-named experimental turbine driven No 6202 ended its service days in that form in May 1950, but thereafter was rebuilt and named ‘Princess Anne’. David Bradshaw considers the rebuild and the decision to abandon the hybrid 4-6-2 as a victim of the tragic Harrow & Wealdstone crash of 1952.
Strangers on the Highland Railway
John Roake looks at the locomotives of other companies that made appearances on Highland Railway metals prior to 1923.
Feltham marshalling yard – a ‘South Western’ border post
Constructed by the L&SWR to aid the flow of freight to and from other railways and provide efficient distribution on its own network around the dormitory towns south-west of London, ‘Swedebasher’ delves into 1950s operations.
The Gloucester to Ledbury branch
Known widely as the ‘Daffodil Line’, Chris Gordon Watford takes us back 70 years and recalls his photographic expedition and travel along this now long lost Gloucestershire-Herefordshire byway that is today returning to its 18th century canal origins.
And there’s lots more inside! If you’d like to read the May issue of Steam Days, it is available to order here; alternatively, reap the benefits with a subscription and have it delivered straight to your door every month.
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