Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.
Here’s what to expect this month…
Pull & push services: LMS evolution and LMR inheritance
Although the basis for LMS motor train operation was inherited, John Macnab and Eric Stuart consider the story once the former Midland Railway vacuum system was adopted, which includes new locos, stock and routes, BR inter-regional changes, and the end of London Midland pull & push duties in 1965.
Railway 200 – first thoughts
An event to open minds to the story of our railways like never before, Andrew Kennedy looks at the journey made over 200 years, at the opportunities that are ongoing to celebrate the story of the modern railway, and how to be part of this grand celebration.
Pilgrimage to Beattock: Spotting in 1954 and 1963
A stretch of the West Coast main line with near-legendary status, it is the contrasting sights of speeding Coronation Pacifics and the slog of banking
work that pepper the memories of Douglas McNaught as he recalls how family visits to Beattock led to many days witnessing steam on the bank.
Seeking out ‘Brighton’ steam
Living on the Eastern Division of the Southern Region, Utrick W R Casebourne tells of how his wish to witness former LB&SCR steam
culminated in two Brighton line shed bashes of July 1962.
And there’s lots more to delve in to, but you’ll have to find that out for yourself! If you’d like to read the May issue of Steam Days magazine, then you can cut to the chase and order yours here, or better yet save those pennies and subscribe to Steam Days magazine.
