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

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CALL ATTENTION • Chris Leigh and Richard Foster assemble some tantalising news and comments from the world of Steam.

THROUGH THE LENS: W.J.V. ANDERSON • You can always tell a W.J.V. Anderson photograph. Beautifully composed and perfectly executed, his photographic output was legendary and would inspire countless others to pick up a camera. His colour collection is now hosted by Rail Online and we took the opportunity to present a small selection

NOS. 9700-10: THE CONDENSING PANNIERS • Amateur engineman Christopher Tanous rode on more than 450 BR locomotives, often driving them. But he retained a particular fascination for Old Oak Common’s 11 condensing pannier tanks

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

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'E TANK' EVOLUTION • As with their smaller ‘Terrier’ cousins, Stroudley’s ‘E Tanks’ - later ‘E1’ - had a convoluted history, including rebuilding, local modifications and myriad liveries as Alan Langborne describes, with additional notes by Richard Foster

GREAT SHOT

RAILROVER REMEMBERED - PART 3 • Having ended up in Scotland by mistake, could the sixth day of David Percival’s North Eastern tour get any worse? Yes, it could…

ROUND THE HILLS TO CALLINGTON - PART 2 • Last issue, Chris Leigh’s tour of the Bere Alston to Callington branch had just crossed over into Cornwall, at Calstock. Now he continues his journey to Gunnislake and beyond, where trains no longer run (Part 1 appeared in SW444)

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • Water was an integral part of operating steam locomotives but Bob Gwynne ponders how the railways got H2O into tanks and tenders

AROUND THE CLOCK AT ANNESLEY – PART 2 • In part 2 of this series, John Palmer looks at the pattern of goods working on the Great Central Railway’s London Extension north and south from Annesley Photography: T.G. Hepburn/Rail Archive Stephenson/Rail Online Part 1 appeared in SW444

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