rains of Thought
Steam Days at Lincoln - A. J. Ludlam
Shrewsbury Station Working a€ Summer 1963 - Bill Rear studies the official Station Working Book for Shrewsbury for the Summer of 1963, and reveals some of the more interesting workings through this important junction at that time.
Know your trains! - Freight Train Classifications - Following letters from Steam Days readers seeking detailed information on railway terminology used within the magazine, Reg Walker, in the first of a new occasional series of articles, covers the freight trains.
Signalboxes of the L&SWR - Part One a€" Before the Block System - George Pryer
The Caledonian 4-6-0s - '66 Big Blue Engines and 20 Red Ones' - W. A. T. Aves
Britain's Titled Trains a€" 8: The 'Devonian' - A West Country Enigma - Michael Harris
Tail Lamp
Cover: Most people will associate the 'Devonian' with seaside holidays, and here is a classic shot as the northbound express pulls out of Teignmouth station on 1 July 1957 behind Newton Abbot 'Castle' No 5059 Earl St Aldwyn. Note the use of an early 1950s' headboard a€" for some reason the Western Region did not produce one for the 'Devonian' to the decorative pattern used for its other named trains.