comment - Chris Leigh comments on the topical subject of trains shedding parts.
call attention - Nigel Harris rings one beat on the bell to open another box of mixed fayre.
return TO worcester - The ancient city on the river Severn I boasted two stations and a triangle of lines where Great Western and LMS routes came together. Clem Huzzey takes us back..;
four 4-4-0s - This month sees Colour-Rail release its autumn catalogue supplement and we present a glimpse of the new slides on offer.
the steam world carriage register - From beautifully restored - and thatched - to derelict framework abandoned in a field, many and varied are the carriage bodies which you, the SW readers are discovering.
branch line TO upwell - Andrew Ingram's new book on the Wisbech & Upwell Tramway is available as a Steam World reader offer.
how steam BEAT diesel AT lancing - Colin Boocock was responsible for finding a new shunter for Lancing works - a steam shunter that would match the best diesel on offer.
spiral puzzle No. 3 - Another brain teaser of a railway puzzle.
all things considered - Regular correspondent Andrew Dow examines the problem of ensuring that passengers - or customers - board the correct train.
derailed AT didcot - In the first of two articles on the tragic derailment of a 'Britannia'-hauled excursion, Alan Earnshaw explains the events leading up to the accident.
reviews - Books and video tapes come under the scrutiny of the editorial team.
THORNABY-1962 - Aerofilms' spectacular aerial view of Thomaby shows the depot during transition from steam to diesel.
main line points - Collect the Steam Wo/WMain Line Points coupons and save money on a range of goods and services.
john whiteley's darkroom discoveries - West Riding freight gems from the darkroom wizard.
frothy - 3 - How did a Saltley driver earn his unusual nickname? Terry Essery continues his 'likely story.
return TO weybridge - 2 - Wrapping up last month's took at Weybridge. Ben Stone provides a comprehensive table of South Western observations from a day in August 1962.
long trek TO THE border counties - Railwayman and hardened traveller James Tawse sets out from Redhill for a 'last chance' visit to some freight lines in the Wansbeck area.
just doing THE job - The railways used thousands of paraffin-fired handlamps. Joseph H. Moss recalls his family business in making them.
platform - This month s post-bag of readers comments indudes answers to ttie Editor s appeal tor notable quotes from CMEs.
my favolitte things - Former head dt BR's special trains unit, Steve McCol, provides a glimpse of his mementoes of a railway career.
at THE platform end - Once, the railways made special provision for such traffic but nowadays homing pigeons are no longer carried by train.

Cover: LMS 2-6-4T No. 42189 and BR Standard '3MT' 2-6-0 No. 77012 stand inside Manningham depot on / Sunday March 28 1965. AG. Bell.