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

TANGIBLE LINKS TO THE PAST COMMENT

CALL ATTENTION • Chris Leigh invokes the World in Steam World’s title to take a glance overseas.

PREPARATION AND DISPOSAL • Many words have been written about life and experiences on the footplate, but very little about the unglamorous side, the P&D Link. D.M. Darwin sets the record straight.

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • Bob Gwynne pays tribute to today’s railway workers who still battle on with pride in the job, despite the great changes the railway faces

MIDLAND TO THE WYE AND BEYOND • In the second of his photo-features on the Hereford-Hay-Brecon line Chris Leigh covers the section from Three Cocks Junction to Brecon

THE HERBERTS OF BARE LANE • David Alexander, Lancaster & District Conservation Volunteers and Northern Station Adopter at Bare Lane, recalls a railway family

GREAT SHOT!

MUCH SIGHING AT SOUTHALL • With No. 1466 about to return to action at Didcot, founding member Mike Peart recalls the bridge at Southall that played a pivotal role in the formation of the Great Western Society

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

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

THE 'A3S' OF NEVILLE HILL • Having looked at the four ‘A1s’ that spent their entire careers at York last issue, Gavin Morrison turns his attention to the ‘A3s’ that spent long periods allocated to Neville Hill, Nos. 60036, 60074, 60081, 60084 and 60086

A NOTTINGHAM TRAINSPOTTER • Paul Edlington came from a railway family, although his plan to follow suit was thwarted. But that didn’t prevent him gaining an interest in the railway scene, both locally and further afield

AN ACCIDENT OF SOME SIGNIFICANCE • Intrigued by a childhood tale, Jeremy Clarke resolved to find out more about a little known incident that took place at Norwood Junction in 1891

WORKING ON THE 'ROCKET' • Derby Works apprentice Peter Hiley recalls, when, during the overhaul of Midland ‘Compound’ No. 1000, it gained an unfortunate nickname.

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