Steam Days

Steam Days is a monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts. Each issue covers the six regions of British Railways: Western, Southern, London, Midland, Eastern, and Scottish, with the occasional article on Irish railways and the industrial scene. These well illustrated articles in the magazine cover the history of the railways of Britain from the early days of the 1800s through to the end of steam on British Railways in August 1968.

Steam Days

TRAINS of thought

Bristol Barrow Road Jubilees in the fifties and sixties • An in-depth look at the later years of Barrow Road shed’s Jubilee class 4-6-0s, Steve Bartlett delves into their duties over the former Midland Railway cross-country route from Bristol, through Birmingham to Sheffield and the north.

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Guided by Bradshaw: London to Norwich, via Cambridge • Inspired by the July 1922 edition of Bradshaw’s Railway Guide, Stephen Roberts offers a trip on Great Eastern Railway metals over the initial main lines that linked the capital with the ancient city of Norwich.

In Colour • 242: Ex-main line locomotives in industry Northumberland and County Durham

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Transition trials and tribulations: Scottish Region 1963-67 • Six years on from the first dieselisation of the region’s passenger services, Andrew Kennedy picks up the story of ongoing motive power transition and highlights some short and longer term stand-in necessities where planned diesel use and woes with that led to a motive power change, often but not always with steam to the rescue, and until a more settled picture finally allowed BR to take the step to bring an end to steam operation in Scotland.

Weekend wanderings of November 1966 ‘The Shakespearian’ and the last ‘Last steam to Exeter’ • Sixty years ago this November, ever keen to build up his steam mileage, teenager Keith Widdowson embarked on multi-locomotive rail tours to Stratford-upon-Avon and to the West Country.

REVIEWS

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