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.

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Cross-country on the Midland main line to the south and west • Tracking sections of the route from Sheffield (Midland) through to Bath (Green Park), Andrew James provides varied examples of passenger train performance across the 1936-59 period.

The 1954-built British Railways Standard‘9F’ 2-10-0s • Accompanied by photographs from all six BR regions, Andrew Wilson examines the life and times of ‘9Fs’ Nos 92000-19, which were completed between May and October 1954 as the first of their class.

In Colour 232:The Cranleigh line

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Byways to Brecon • Robert Darlaston offers some memories of the four delightful lines that served the county town of Brecknockshire (previously Breconshire) in Mid-Wales.

Perth’s North British Railway engine shed • An operational outpost established by the Edinburgh & Northern Railway, evolved by the NBR, and used throughout the LNER era and into early British Railways days, Roger Griffiths and John Hooper consider this shed’s facilities, infrastructure, locomotives and relationship with Thornton Junction, and conclude by recording Perth’s last LNER locos.

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