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The Holiday Expresses - 9: Holiday Trains to the Lake District - Michael Harris takes another look at the Holiday Expresses of the days of steam a€ this time those travelling over LMS metals to the Lakes District from places such as Euston and Manchester a€" and provides full details of the trains, their motive power, and the routes used.
Exeter a€" L&SWR and SR - The second of two detailed articles on this important West Country rail centre by C. R. Potts, this time covering the involvement of the L&SWR and the Southern.
Studio a€" Barry Freeman - A feature which portrays the excellent paintings of Barry Freeman, who tells how he got involved in painting railway scenes.
Great Western 'Saints' and 'Stars' in South Wales - John Hodge takes a close look at the work of the GWR 'Saints' and 'Stars' that were allocated to South Wales depots, and some of those that worked into South Wales on service.
Simply the best...The Great Northern Main Line in the 1930s - Another small selection of the many excellent pictures held in the Rail Archive Stephenson Collection.
To Scotland for Easter for the SLS/BLS 1962 Railtour - C. J. Gammell recalls Easter 1962, and the four-day railtour over Scottish lines incorporating the use of preserved Scottish locomotives.
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters

Cover: This month In Steam Days we take another look at Exeter a€" this time its Southern side a€" and this striking scene at Exeter shows 'King Arthur' 4-6-0 No 30452 King Mellagrance leaving Exeter Central station and passing the Exeter Central 'A' box with an up Salisbury train on 29 June 1957