Trains of Thought

Steam Days at Grantham - A. J. Ludlam investigates the evolution of Grantham from a coaching town to one with an important station and engine shed on the East Coast main line between London (King's Cross) and Doncaster, and provides details of the type of traffic working over the GNR routes to and from this Lincolnshire rail centre in the days of steam.

The Princetown Branch - Roger Haigh looks at the life and times of this archetypal Great Western branch line in Devon that climbed from Yelverton to Princetown, high on the ramparts of Dartmoor.

STEAM DAYS in Colour 27: Scottish Freight - This month's 'All-Colour' photo-feature takes a look at the Scottish freight scene in the days of steam-hauled trains through the camera of the late Derek Cross.

Feltham Engine Shed and Marshalling Yard - Andrew Wilson takes an in-depth look at the history of this often-overlooked Southern Railway locomotive depot tucked away in the suburbs of West London with its large marshalling yard.

Bowen-Cooke's 6ft Superheated 6-coupled Passenger Engine

The L&NWR 'Prince of Wales' class 4-6-0 - W. A. T. Aves reviews the L&NWR's handsome 'Prince of Wales' class 4-6-0s which were full of promise, but doubly flawed.

Tail Lamp

Readers' Letters

Book Reviews by Walter Heughan

Cover: Gresley 'A3' Pacific No 60112 St. Simon is pictured here at Grantham on an up express. Grantham was an interesting place to view the East Coast main line workings, both passenger and freight, and in this month's issue of the magazine Alf Ludlam looks at the development of the lines that focused on this small Lincolnshire market town.