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.

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Great Eastern suburban steam: 1960 • With North East London electrification work ongoing on three branch operations, early 1960 saw Leslie R Freeman travel on the remaining intensively worked steam-hauled suburban services of the GE Section, the former ‘Jazz’ services to Chingford and EnfieldTown, and from Palace Gates. The author’s diary text and photographs appear courtesy ofTransport Treasury.

Cathays and Radyr sheds and their duties • Dating from 1884 and 1865, D K Jones offers an overview of two Cardiff area ex-Taff Vale Railway engine sheds that saw Great Western Railway ‘general improvement’ investment and thus longevity and specifically looks at some of their BR steam era workings.

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In Colour • 236: Latter-day steam on the Dursley branch

Those magnificent Merchants • With more than 16,700 miles of Merchant Navy haulage experience to call upon, Keith Widdowson summarises memorable highlights during their last four years in BR service.

The birth of the Glasgow & South Western Railway • At the 175th anniversary of the G&SWR’s completion as a main line through to Gretna JunctionforAnglo-Scottish traffic, Douglas McNaught offers an overview of its evolved creation.

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