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

Two eras for the Premier Line’s George the Fifth’ class 1910 to 1948 … and as the only pre-World War I express loco for main line operation • At the heart of the project to build a new L&NWR ‘George the Fifth’, Dave Costello and Terry McMenamin consider the history of the class and offer an insight into progress with ‘Prince George’.

The ‘Big Four’ swansong BR new-build 75 years ago • The immediate post-war years were ones of both great change and continuity on the railways, as Andrew Wilson explains through the study of the new GWR, LMS, LNER and SR designed locomotives to enter service post-nationalisation.

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Douglas to Port Erin: Station-by-station • Opened on 1 August 1874, the ‘South line’ of the Isle of Man Railway celebrates its 150th birthday this month – Andrew Kennedy takes us along the line.

BACK ISSUES

All change: Chandlers Ford • A lone station incompatible with timetable plans in 1969, Roger Smith offers a historical backdrop to a former L&SWR station that was lost for more than three decades until reborn by South West Trains and its partners.

The main line outstations of Thornton Junction From Forth to Tay • Across Fife on the route linking Edinburgh and Dundee, Roger Griffiths and John Hooper consider the sub-sheds and stabling points under the wing of Thornton Junction engine shed.

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