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Steam Days at Caerphilly - Roger Malyn provides a potted history of the many railways that operated in the area around Caerphilly in South Wales and through this important railway centre, and includes details of the engine types that passed through its famous Railway Works.
Nine Elms a€ London's last main-line steam shed - Andrew Wilson relates the history of the L&SWR's Locomotive Shed and Works premises at Nine Elms, London, where steam held sway for nearly 130 years, and describes the locomotive types that were built at Nine Elms Works and those that worked from the depot over this period of time.
Railwaymen Remembered - As we approach Remembrance Sunday in the year of the 90th Anniversary of the start of Wond War I and the 60th Annrversary of the D-Day landings, STEAM DAYS magazine pays tribute to those three former L&NWR railwaymen who were awarded the Victoria Cross for gallantry in the field of action during the Great War, and whose names appeared on 'Claughton' and eventually 'Patriot' class locomotives.
The Port Carlisle and Silloth Branch Lines - David Anderson describes the history of the North British Railway's southern outposts in West Cumberland on the eastern shores of the Solway Firth - the horse-drawn branch line to Port Carlisle and the railway to Silloth with its docks and cross-channel steamer sailings.
Ferro-equinology in the 1950s a€" London Midland Region - Douglas Dowling looks back to his introduction to the railway scene in his youth, and recalls the many places visited in the 1950s on the London Midland Region.
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters

Cover: Nine Elms shed is featured in this issue of the magazine and on 8 April 1964 rebuilt Southern 'West Country' Pacific No 34012 Launceston. one of the Salisbury-based engines of the class, blows off steam at the entrance to the shed.