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…
The last days of steam on the Northern Line
The LPTB New Works Programme of 1935 set out to add the LNER Northern Heights lines to the Underground network, but as Eric Stuart explains, the advent of war paused the work and ultimately, three decades on, the fortunes of the branches to High Barnet, Edgware and Alexandra Palace proved to be very different.
Steam to the rescue! Helping out diesels in Scotland
The transition from steam on the Scottish Region was anything but a smooth ride – Andrew Kennedy offers an overview of the scene in the early 1960s.
Sunset of steam on the Isle of Wight: Cowes and Ventnor
After a lengthy period when it seemed that all of the island’s lines would be axed, Andrew Britton takes us back to the February and April 1966 closures that cut back the passenger network to just Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin
And there’s lots more to delve into, but you’ll have to find that out for yourself! If you’d like to read the April issue of Steam Days magazine, then you can cut to the chase and order yours here, or better yet save those pennies and subscribe to Steam Days magazine.
