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rains of Thought Remembering 1956 - Fifty years on - Following the brief reviews of 1954 and 1955 which appeared in STEAM DAYS magazine in 2004 and 2005, Frederick Rogers now looks back fifty years to 1956 and the railway scene during that year, and recalls other notable non-railway events of that year. The Last Days of Irish Steam - Many railway enthusiasts headed for the Emerald Isle to witness the diminishing steam era on the railways of Ireland, and David Anderson, one of those who crossed the Irish Sea at that time in 1959, recalls those dying days of steam-hauled trains in Ireland. STEAM DAYS in Colour - 17: BR-built Pacifies on the Eastern and North Eastern Regions Another 'All-Colour' photo-feature from the cameras of some of Britain's top prolific railway photographers in the days of steam-hauled trains, this month taking a look at those Pacific locomotives that were completed after 1948 by British Railways and that worked over the lines of the Eastern and North Eastern Regions. Steam Days at Oldham - Stanley Jenkins takes a look at the interesting railway scene around Oldham in Lancashire and the town's railway infrastructure in the days of steam-hauled trains, together with the type of traffic and the locomotives that worked through the town. The Collett 4800' and '5800' class 0-4-2Ts of the Great Western Railway - Andrew Wilson reviews a popular class of Great Western branch-line engine that was particularly reminiscent of the many rural lines in the West Country, Mid-Wales and South Wales, and the Welsh border counties, with the '4800s' (later to become '1400s') auto-fitted for motor-train duties on the GWR and BR (Western Region). Book Reviews Tail Lamp a€ Readers' Letters Cover: This month we go back fifty years and feature the year 1956, and in that year the 'Manor' class 4-6-Os were still the first-choice motive power on the Cambrian Division for the 'Cambrian Coast Express'. On 23 May 1956 Machynlleth-based No 7806 Cockington Manor is seen here accelerating away from Llanbadarn Crossing with the up Aberystwyth portion of the 'Cambrian Coast Express' which will be joined at Dovey Junction by the Pwllheli coaches which the 'Manor' will then work over Talerddig summit to Shrewsbury.
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