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Steam Days at Spalding - A. J. Ludlam
The LNER 'J83' and 'J88' 0-6-OTs a€ The North British Shunters - W. A. T. Aves
Running out of Steam! - The Last Days of Steam on BR (Part Two) a€" SR, NER and LMR - The second part of an article by Michael Welch to commemorate the 30th Anniversary of the last days of steam on British Railways, this time covering the Southern, North Eastern, and London Midland Regions a€" the last Regions to lose steam-hauled trains.
Coaching Stock in the Days of Steam 1: GWR'B'Sets - In the first of a series of occasional articles for Steam Days covering coaching stock, Michael Harris takes a look at the Great Western close-coupled two-coach 'B' Sets which were once a characteristic feature of local and branch-line working.
Lineside Cameraman a€" David Anderson
Railway Junction Diagrams - John Sear looks at a recently-acquired collection of pre-Grouping Railway Clearing House Junction Diagrams, and describes their original purpose for the railway companies.
Tail Lamp a€" Readers' Letters
Cover - To complete our two-part article, commemorating 30 years since the end of steam on BR, we, this month, take a look at the last days on the Southern, North Eastern and London Midland Regions. The smokebox door of 'Black Five' No 44709 reads 'Farewell from Windermere and Kendal a€" Well Done Steam'. This engine is seen working the final steam-hauled Windermere branch freight on 2 August 1968.