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Steam Days at Leicester - Stanley Jenkins takes a look at the interesting history of this East Midlands rail centre which at one time handled Great Northern, L&NWR, Midland Railway and OCR services.
Hampshire a€ Easter 1961 - Rob Newman recalls an Easter holiday on the south coast in 1961 when, together with viewing the vast liners at Southampton Docks, he went 'chasing trains' on the southern mainland and on the Isle of Wight.
Riddles Caprotti Class '5' 4-6-0s - Andrew Wilson covers the history of yet another BR locomotive type designed by R. A. Riddles, this time describing just those fitted with Caprotti valve-gear.
The Manningtree to Harwich Branch in the steam era - Michael Harris reviews the history of an underrated line with many claims to fame.
Firing out of Westbury - Gerry Parkins describes his days as a footplateman at Westbury shed and his love affair with the 'Modified Halls' a€" but not their Hawksworth tenders!
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters

Cover: This month Is Steam Days we feature the Riddles Caprotti 4-6-0s, of which thirty were constructed. One of their regular turns was on the Dundee to Glasgow (Buchanan Street) trains, and here we see No 73150 nearing Perth with one of those trains, circa 1964. In the background is the River Tay, and the fort In the background across the river is on top of Moncrelffe Hill.