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March 2024

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Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.

With Rex Kennedy as editor, he has 80 years of railway memories to recollect, alongside the stories and tales retold by many of the contributors.

Steam Days covers the six regions of British railways in each edition; Western, Southern, London, Midland, Eastern, and Scottish, with the occasional article on Irish railways and the industrial scene.

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Packed with fully illustrated articles, Steam Days covers the history of the railways of Great Britain from the early days of the 1800s through to the end of steam on British Railways in August 1968.

The new March edition of Steam Days includes…

Diversion! … via the ‘Old Road’

Colin Boocock took his camera to record diverted trains on two weekends in 1960 when engineering work closed the Bournemouth main line.

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To Sharpness for scrap

In 1964/65 Swindon-based scrap merchant Cooper’s Metals undertook locomotive breaking at Sharpness Docks – Peter Kerslake recalls three visits to photograph the short-lived operation.

Crewe Works’ pilot locomotives: the steam classes

Roger Griffiths and John Hooper offer an introduction to the dedicated fleet and work of pilot engines that served Crewe Works, as well as shining the spotlight on the comings and goings of the various steam classes within the allocation in L&NWR, LMS and BR days.

Around Scotland and back to Dorset via Hull

Travelling by train and undertaking what to most people would be a near unfathomable route around Scotland and northern England, Trevor Lambert continues his 19-day spotting extravaganza of August/September 1963 and returns home via the North Eastern Region.

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And there’s lots more inside! If you’d like to read the March issue of Steam Days, it is available to order here; alternatively, reap the benefits with a subscription and have it delivered straight to your door every month.


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