Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
hellifield and beyond - With a selection of his superb colour photographs, Michael Chapman takes us on a journey through the scenic splendour of the Settle and Carlisle line in part one of a new series. steam summer in south devon - One of the doyens of colour steam photography, R.C. Riley, presents a highly evocative picture feature on WR summer steam on the Great Western Main Line to the West Country. boilersmith: A high-pressure job! - Steam World continues to strive to bring you the story of some of the behind-the-scenes, non-footplate jobs of the railway, and this month Gordon Reed begins a two-part series about his career as a boilersmith at West Auckland shed. A 'stranger' strolls down stewart's lane - Although Bulleid's 4-6-2s were the favourite express engines for most crews on the Southern, R.H.N. Hardy reveals that the two Riddles 'Britannias' at Stewarts Lane were also popular. comment - The Editor forsakes armchair punditry for his first foray at the controls of a steam locomotive. call attention - The world of steam mourns the passing of a footplateman who was also a prolific and highly proficient photographer. in safe HANDS: the stan hall story - Continuing his series on the first half of his long railway career, Stan Hall describes how he joined the LMS in 1943 and later achieved his ambition of becoming a Stationmaster. what, where/ when? - Two contrasting pictures make up our August competition, and we reveal the winner of the June WWW? steam's the theme - The often bizarre-looking world of vertical-boilered locomotive is recalled by Neville Stead. don's desperate dash - Terry Essery continues his light-hearted account of footplate life at Saltley MPD. platform - Our monthly forum for YOUR opinions, comments, questions and observations all things considered - As the former Head of the National Railway Museum, our monthly columnist Andrew Dow is one of the UK's most respected commentators on railway history reviews - More authoritative verdicts darkroom discoveries - They may have been overshadowed by his famous 4-6-0s, but Collett's workaday '2251' class 0-6-Os had an important role on the Western Region, as Hugh Ballantyne demonstrates. steam over scotland - Forty-four years ago this month, Keith Farr made his first visit to Scotland. In the latest part of our 'Steam over Scotland' series, he looks back to a journey which took in the West Highland line, Inverness and Edinburgh. So long, southern steam! - In the concluding part of his highly illustrated account of the end of steam on the Southern 35 years ago this summer, Paul Cooper focuses on the final few months. next issue - See what's heading down the line in the September issue of the country's best-selling railway history magazine. Don't miss out out order your copy at your newsagents today! On the cover: BR's finest freight engine, the Riddles 9F 2-10-0 - this is No 92105 at Willesden shed, on March 23 1963.
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