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

TOUGH CHOICES - TOO MANY FAVOURITES

CALL ATTENTION • CHRIS LEIGH remembers another departed colleague from the world of railway publishing and calls attention to some other stories, too.

WORKING ON THE RAILWAY • Leslie White had set his mind on a railway career after leaving school. He describes what it was like for a school leaver joining the staff at Eastleigh Works

MY TOP TEN COUNTDOWN NO.5 GWR COLLETT ‘14XX’ 0-4-2T • Reaching the half-way point in his ‘chart’ of favourites, Chris Leigh reveals the locomotives which began his interest in Great Western branch lines.

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

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

GETTING THE MOST FROM THE FLEET — PART 4 • In the last two parts of his investigation into how BR tried to improve its efficiency, John Palmer has focussed on the individual regions. He concludes this time, starting with the Southern

GREAT SHOT!

ROOKE GOES TO TWYWELL • SW462's cover of ‘Jubilee’ Rooke on Camden's turntable reminded Robin Cullup of the day that it made history on a long forgotten Northamptonshire branch line

THE END OF WR STEAM - PART 2 • How did the Western Region rid itself of steam? Using data from the late Richard Strange's archive, we conclude our week by week break down of withdrawals through the Western's final years

ROBERT BILLINTON'S RADIAL TANKS — PART 2 • Jeremy Clarke concludes his look at the London Brighton & South Coast Railway 0-6-2Ts credited to Robert Billinton, picking up with the ‘E4s’

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • Bob Gwynne recalls the days when, before White Van Man, it was the railway that delivered anything anywhere

SCENES AROUND SCOTLAND • Gavin Morrison regularly visited Scotland, photographing all aspects of its railway network, from inner city stations to wild and beautiful rural locations

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