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

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Interesting Cars-on-Rail services of the past • Eric Stuart reveals how two railway companies created short distance, local solutions that helped motorists to navigate otherwise time consuming water crossings.

Broadened horizons with a Lancashire trainspotter • Chris Forrest recalls a wide range of railway experiences from his schooldays, through to the summer of 1952, and then onwards into the mid-1960s.

In Colour 225: Dovey Junction to Talerddig • A lineside appreciation of the former Cambrian Railways’ main line from the Dovey Estuary, continuing east on the northern edge of Montgomeryshire and with Merionethshire on the other side of the river, through Machynlleth and then on the famous climb to Talerddig summit. The collective work of a handful of photographers, British Railways regional boundary changes and closures elsewhere enrich the motive power and operational variety of this picturesque and much loved route.

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Steaming through Surbiton • South Western main line steam recollections, Ian Turnbull recalls his local steam scene in the 1950s and 1960s.

The locomotives of Keadby and Frodingham engine sheds: 1923 to 1966 • Roger Griffiths and John Hooper consider the post-1923 allocations for the LNER engine sheds of the Scunthorpe area, seeing the story through to the end of Frodingham’s BR steam allocation on 26 February 1966.

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