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Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
Rail Joint! The GW/GC Duo - The GW/GC joint line through the Chilterns didn't just attract locomotives from the Great Western and LNER but also the LMS and, later, BR Standards. Gerald T. Robinson explains all in a colour photographic feature. Solent: The Soul of Steam - As a sequel to David Thrower's three-part evocation of Southampton's dock lines, Steam World regular Paul Leavens takes a broader look at the railways of the Solent area. one day in the life of ECML - Using logs compiled half a century ago by a Scottish schoolteacher, Gavin Whitelaw reconstructs an entire day of Anglo-Scottish expresses on the East Coast in 1948. Sheffield United - In steam - In the first of a two-part photographic feature on the railways of Sheffield, Keith Pirt focuses on the city's London Midland links. Comment - The dramatic ttansformation of communications systems on the railwv since the age of steam comes under the Editor's microscope. Call Attention - A mystery is solved as the photographer who took the superb Southern Region colour pictures in the March issue is identified. Great Shot! - Our monthly showcase of the best in colour railway photography. Night Hawk! - Marathon shed basher Patrick Evans concludes his two-part account of the 36,000 miles which he covered on night trains in the 1950s and 1960s. Darkroom Discoveries - The Great Western main line between Raddington and Devon is recaptured in black and white by photographer Tony Butcher. Steam Over Scotland - A visit to sites of 'historical interesf in Scotland was a pretext for Mike Kinder to enjoy a memorable week- long steam sojourn north of the border, as he explains in our continuing 'Steam over Scotland' series. Platform - Reactions to our picture feature on rarely photographed engines open our four-page round-up of readers' letters. Steam's the Theme - Crane tanks were some of the most Heath Robinsonian railway machines ever devised. Neville Stead provides a selection of pictures of these hybrids of tank engine and steam crane. What, Where, when? - Another pair of picture puzzlers for keen-eyed readers to identify. High-wire act on the Railway! - Regular contributor Ron Herbert explains the labyrinthine procedures for sending telegrams in the latest part of his series on his career as a junior Telegraph Clerk in Lancashire. A 'stranger' strolls down Stewart's Lane - Steam World stalwart R.H.N. Hardy continues his examination of life at Stewart's Lane MPD in South London, where he was Shedmaster'in the early 1950s. All things considered - Our distinguished columnist Andrew Dow tackles another important issue of relevance to steam railway enthusiast, Reviews - A new colour album on the much-photographed Ffestiniog Railway is among books reviewed this month. Next issue - Find out what's on the timetable for the May issue of the UK's largest selling historical railway magazine.
Article Snippets
WELCOME to April's Steam World, which we hope will put a put a spring in your step as winter becomes a memory. And in keeping with the lighter nights, we're travelling far and wide over the nations railway system in the steam era. You can't get much further south than Southampton and the Sclent district, which is the subject of a new series by Paul Leavens, while a few hundred miles away, Mike Kinder heads north for a week-long tour of Scotland. On the East Coast, Gavin Whitelaw provides a snapshot of a day in the life of the ECML while on the WCML, Ron Herbert continues his series on his career in Lancaster Telegraph Office. There's also Gerald Robinson on the GW/GC Joint, Keith Pirt on Sheffield, Patrick Evans on night trains and R.H.N. Hardy on Stewarts Lane. With all our regulars plus Neville Stead's look at the quirky crane tanks, it should make for a fascinating steam melange.
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