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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Shrewsbury’s Central Wales line sub-sheds • On the challenging Central Wales line from Craven Arms to Swansea (Victoria), Steve Bartlett looks at Shrewsbury’s ex-L&NWR sub-sheds at Craven Arms, Knighton and Builth Road.

Scotland’s Gresley 2-6-2Ts – the final years • The loss of traditional Scottish Region ‘V1’ and ‘V3’ work to the rise of the diesel-multiple-unit and Glasgow ‘Blue Train’ resulted in a short period of far more variety for these classes, both in terms of work and the spread of the fleet, but as David Anderson and Andrew Kennedy explain, all this ceased on 29 December 1962.

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In Colour • 229: Ex-main line locomotives in industry Midlands and the south of England

From Dorset to Scotland … and briefly back out again! • With a passion for both railways and football, Trevor Lambert recalls how in late August 1963, when aged just 16, he set off alone on a 19-day trip that would ultimately embrace no less than 90 different engine sheds and railway works locations.

Stephenson Locomotive Society (Midlands Area) specials to Swindon: the 1960s • The combination of a visit to the Swindon Works heart of the former GWR and enjoying haulage behind hand-picked motive power in the twilight of its years proved a winning formula for the SLS across 14 years. Richard Garland travelled on the majority of these outings from Birmingham, and reflects on the 1960-64 tours, which said farewell to the ‘Kings’, ‘Counties’ and even the M&SWJ line.

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