Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.
Here’s what to expect this month…
Talyllyn transition: from obscurity to world fame
Rescued at a time when taking over a railway to preserve its charm was a world first, Andrew Kennedy considers how a woebegone and ramshackle narrow gauge line was rejuvenated and history was made in May 1951.
A chapter of accidents on the Alnwick lines
Shining a spotlight on the two railways that served this Northumberland market town, Roger Jermy delves through the archives to reveal decades of railway mishaps, some of them tragic.
Castlethorpe’s railway story – investment and loss
The 1960s saw widespread change across the railway network and this Bucks community found itself on a three-stage emotional roller coaster post-1959, with the loss of its station threatened, an upgrade of facilities and then the need to fight in the hope of achieving survival – the LNWRS’ Ian Hopkins and Richard Foster track the station’s final years, and beyond.
