Steam World

Steam World is Britain's best selling historical railway magazine. Covering the magical times when steam railways were the lifeblood of the country. It features first-hand accounts from drivers, firemen, BR managers and enthusiasts alike. Featuring magnificent photography from the fifties and sixties, it will bring back wonderful memories coupled with inside information of what it was really like to work, travel and play on the world's best railway.

Steam World

'GREATNESS' AND ROUTINE

CALL ATTENTION • A feast of photographic stories have turned up on Chris Leigh's computer this month. I seem, recently to have been deluged with pictures and comments about pictures from Steam World readers. It's great! Please keep them coming.

BEAUTIFUL 'WDs' • The Riddles 'WD' 2-8-0s were some of the most unglamorous locomotives to work for British Railways. Yet these photographs show that they could be photogenic too… but who took them?

PLATFORM • send your letters to Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton South gate, Peterborough PE2 6GX or steamworld@choicemag.co.uk

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

LOCATION, LOCATION: DAWLISH • Chris Leigh highlights one of the top photographic spots on the Great Western's Paddington-Plymouth main line with pictures from COLOUR-RAIL.

SIXTY YEARS AGO • John H. Bird presents a look at the state of the main line steam scene - and what else was happening in the world - in the August of 1964

PICK 'N' MIX • Chris Leigh selects the best of the steam subjects from some recent eBay slide purchases.

UNDER THE SPOTLIGHT: 46159 • Welcome to the third in an occasional series where we focus on one locomotive from one class. This time, we look at a 'Royal Scot' with an illustrious name

GREAT SHOT

BEHIND THE SCENES AT SUTTON BRIDGE • Cross Keys swingbridge is one of the most recognisable structures on the M&GN. But how did it actually work? John Barker explains all

'CROCODILE' AT LARGE • Prompted by the purchase of a slide depicting a transformer being moved by rail, Chris Leigh investigated the Great Western's biggest wagon

THE GWR 'MANOR' 4-6-0s • Collett's 'Manors' were one of Richard Derry's favourite classes. He presents a look at their development and careers

'Manor' factfile

WHAT NETWORK RAIL FOUND • Network Rail's role is much more than looking after track and stations. It is the keeper of our railway history… history which can turn up in the most unusual of locations, as Derek Butcher, Principal Engineer (Geotech) for the Southern Region of Network Rail discovered

'BRADFORD TODAY IS ON A SIDING' • With no through station, Bradford could be a frustrating place for the trainspotter, as Bogumit Polachowski recalls

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