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

CROWD SCENES COMMENT

CALL ATTENTION • Chris Leigh puts together some seasonal and some not so ‘Christmassy’ thoughts…

LAST YEAR OF THE 'ACE' • Don Benn presents some personal recollections of the final year of one of the Southern’s most famous trains

THE 'ROYAL SCOT' 4-6-0S • Richard Derry presents an overview of one of the best 4-6-0s ever to run on Britain’s railways

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

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

TRIBUTE TO KEN ROBERTS - PART 2 • A second selection by Nigel Harris from the photo-archive of Lancastrian Steam World contributor, the late Ken Roberts Part 1 appeared in Steam World, October 2024 (SW448)

GREAT SHOT!

YORK'S FOUR 'A1S' • Gavin Morrison takes a look at the Peppercorn 'Als' Nos. 60121, 60138, 60140 and 60153 - that called York home for the whole of their lives.

MIDLAND TO THE WYE • Always captivated by branch lines and minor railways, Chris Leigh isn't sure why the Hereford-Brecon line caught his attention as a teenager, but 60 years on it still fascinates him.

'CASTLES' ON SPECIAL DUTIES • PETER R COOPER takes a look at the railtours and specials the last of the 'Castles' worked in the 1960s

THE BEECHING MASSACRE OF 1964 • With over 1,000 miles of railway slated for closure, 17-year-old Keith Widdowson made it his mission to travel over as many doomed lines as his junior clerk wages permitted

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