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.

Steam Days

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Byways to Brecon in their last passenger year–1962 • A Mid-Wales railway hub with incoming routes from Hereford, Newport, Neath and Moat Lane Junction via Builth Wells, the threat of closure for these lines gave Robert Darlaston new focus in his quest to enjoy them all before it was too late, not least the N&B route with its woeful service provision.

The Brill branch of the Metropolitan Railway and London Transport • Linking to the Met & GCR Joint line at Quainton Road, Bruce Laws looks at the Wotton Tramway in the 1899-1935 period.

Basingstoke beckons, twice over • Peter Kerslake recalls how diminishing steam activity at home led three friends to head for pastures new on August bank holiday Saturday 1965,visiting the Waterloo main line, and then returning a year later, so noting change underway and knowing of more ahead.

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Pull &push services – LMS inheritance • At the Grouping, proven motor train operations of L&NWR, L&YR and Midland Railway heritage were all absorbed into the largest of the new Big Four companies. John Macnab and Eric Stuart consider their subsequent use.

Thornton Junction post-Nationalisation Its environs, engine shed observations, and Fife coalfield role • The village of Thornton found itself at a major railway hub, its engine shed enjoying a symbiotic relationship with local industries, in particular the coal business that dominated its work. Roger Griffiths and John Hooper marry up BR steam era sightings with some of the primary locations served at that time.

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