rains of Thought
Edinburgh's West Side Story - David Anderson, with the help of the pictures taken by him at the time. looks back to the 1950s when he regularly visited the lines to the west of Edinburgh a€ including Haymarket and Dairy Road sheds a€" to watch and photograph the variety of trains and locomotives in the area.
Steam Days at Newport (Mon) - John Hodge
Firing the 'Long Meg' - Following an interesting talk with the late Donald Palmer, Andrew Wilson relates some of Donald's footplate tales about his days when firing the 'Long Meg' anhydrite trains over the Settle & Carlisle line.
The Thetford to Swaffham Line - Stanley C. Jenkins, MA, relates the history of this short Great Eastern line in Norfolk, which left the main Cambridge to Norwich main line at Roudham Junction to join the King's Lynn to Norwich line at Swaffham.
Past Masters a€" John Coiley - Southern Steam - Compiled by John Beckett
The Named 'Black Fives' a€" Were there four... or five? - Michael Harris draws our attention to the intriguing story surrounding the naming of the LMS 'Black Five' 4-6-0s.
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters

Cover: This month In Steam Days we take a trip with Fireman Donald Palmer over the Settle & Carlisle line with the 'Long Meg' anhydrite trains, which worked full southbound to Widnes in Lancashire, and empty back to Long Meg and New Biggin quarries, changing crews at Blea Moor. The last '9F' 2-10-0 fired by Donald on one of these trains was No 92058, in August 1967, seen here in September 1967 booming from under the bridge at Ais Gill with an up anhydrite train.