Comment - Chris Leigh examines the question of balance in relation to differing railway interests.
Call Attention - Nigel Harris takes another dip in the postbag to discover some old boilers and yet another buffer-beam 'accessory.'
LMS 4-6-0S - ON AND OFF THE DRAWING BOARD - In the final part of his first-hand feature on the design and development of LMS 4-6-Os E. A. Langridge describes the final variants of the 'Black Five.'
TELL ME ABOUT IT - Colin Gifford's photographic challenge features two rare colour images and he asks readers to fill in the caption details.
'ATLANTIC' STARS - . Railwayman R.H.N. Hardy, who began his career at Doncaster in the 1940s, recalls with pride and affection the Great Northern 4-4-2s.
Reviews - More recent publications receive critical appraissal from the Steam World reviewers. branch line
EVENTS OF THE 1940S - Owen H. Prosser recalls the detailed letter-writing of Stanley Keyes, an observer of the railway scene. seen in this Aerotilms view as it was 70 years ago.
SOUTH EASTERN TRAVELS IN 1957 - Bill Ashcroft recalls an epic shed-bashing tnp to Kent in order to see as many pro-Grouping designs as possible.
LAST MOMENTS AT Blackford - The last minutes of passenger services to a small Scottish country station, recorded by a photographer known only as '60004."
GREAT SHOT! - A pair of 2-6-2Ts are almost lost in the light and shadow of Philip Kelley's photograph inside the old Temple Meads station.
Darkroom Discoveries - The first in a three-part photographic feature series from W. A. Reed's collection depicts freight workings.
Didcot 1928 - Now called Parkway and best known as the Great Western Society's headquarters, Didcot is
Hornby In Cornwall - Frank Hornby describes the ^delights of railway-orientated holiday-making in the Royal Duchy during the 1950s.
Steam World Carriage Register - Another selection of grounded coach bodies, from pristine premises to mouldering relics, unearthed by SW readers.
Platform - There's more information on Gatwick's stations, and a Colin Gifford photograph, among this month's reader post-bag of comments on recent articles.
Scottish STATION SURVIVORS - Though Beeching's closures hit Scotland hard, many stations survive in other uses. J. Carron reports...
All things considered - Andrew Dow, one of the directors of the A1 Locomotive Trust, looks at the story of Peppercorn's 'Pacifies' and invites more support for the new locomotive under construction.
Steam world CLASSIFIED - The marketplace for everything to do with the railway hobby.

Front Cover: Modified 'Hall' 4-6-0 No. 7915 Mere Hall blasts up Hatton bank with a heavy down fitted freight, the first van of which is a continental ferry wagon.