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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Princess Anne – the hybrid ‘Princess Royal’ • The un-named experimental turbine driven No 6202 ended its service days in that form in May 1950, but thereafter was rebuilt and named ‘Princess Anne’ on the second birthday of the Princess Royal. David Bradshaw considers the subsequent rebuild and the decision to abandon the hybrid locomotive after just 11,443 miles as a victim of the tragic Harrow & Wealdstone crash of 8 October 1952, whereas No 46242 ‘City of Glasgow’ would be returned to service.

Strangers on the Highland Railway • John Roake looks at the locomotives of other companies that made appearances on Highland Railway metals prior to 1923.

Feltham marshalling yard: A South Western border post • Constructed by the L&SWR to aid the flow of freight to and from other railways and provide efficient distribution on its own network around the dormitory towns southwest of London, ‘Swedebasher’ delves into operations at this key location in BR steam days.

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The Gloucester to Ledbury branch • Known as the ‘Daffodil line’ after one of its outgoing goods traffics and the wild flowers in the lineside woods, Chris Gordon Watford takes us back 70 years and recalls his photographic expedition and travel along this now long lost Gloucestershire-Herefordshire byway that is today returning to its 18th century canal origins.

A memorable 1960s Yorkshire shed bash • A whistle stop tour at times, Bruce Laws recalls the Ipswich Land Travel Society trip to 14 sheds on Sunday, 14 June 1964.

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