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 July edition of Steam Days includes…
The ‘Cornish Riviera Express’ and its jubilee
Peter Kerslake recalls how on Thursday, 15 July 1954 he witnessed the 50th anniversary duties of the ‘Cornish Riviera Express’.
Crewe Works’ pilot locomotives
The ‘press ganged’, diesel classes and a timeline of change Roger Griffiths and John Hooper conclude their study of the dedicated fleet of pilot engines that served Crewe Works through to May 1968 when the allocation ceased, tracking changes from L&NWR times to BR days, while also highlighting the use of other locomotives ‘to hand’.
Ventnor’s ‘first and last’ station – love at first sight
Andrew Britton enriches an historical overview with recollections of a terminus which proved to be beyond the financial reach of a BR electrification scheme and was thus was abandoned in April 1966.
July 1964 – Steam from the S&D to the S&C … and home to Newcastle
An active month of rail travel and fell walking saw Reading University student G L Pallister enjoy Western, Southern, London Midland and North Eastern steam haulage across a range of services, local ‘stopper’, inter-regional, and summer Saturday East Coast main line express.
And there’s lots more inside! If you’d like to read the July 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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