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

TRAINS of thought

Pull &push services – LMS evolution and LMR inheritance • Although the basis for LMS motor train operation was inherited, John Macnab and Eric Stuart consider the story once the former Midland Railway vacuum system was adopted, which included new locomotives and stock, some new routes, BRinter-regional losses and gains, and ultimately concludes with the end of London Midland Region pull &push duties in 1965.

Railway 200 –first thoughts

Pilgrimage to Beattock Spotting in 1954 and 1963 • A stretch of the West Coast main line with near legendary status, it is the contrasting sights of speeding Coronation Pacifics and of the slog of banking work that pepper the memories of Douglas McNaught, who recalls how family visits to Beattock led to many days witnessing steam on the bank.

STEAM DAYS

Seeking out ‘Brighton’ steam • Living on the Eastern Division of the Southern Region, Utrick WR Casebourne recalls how his wish to witness former LB&SCR steam culminated in two Brighton line shed bashes of July 1962.

Shrewsbury in the 1950s: Agoods appraisal • With a new Walcot Marshalling Yard planned, Brian Lewis describes his role in the evaluation of Shrewsbury’s goods operations in 1956 and includes some other railway activities serving the town and its vicinity at that time.

Tail Lamp Readers Letters