Contents Listing - Articles & Features in this issue
peppercorn's pioneers - It is 50 years since the entry into traffic of the LNER 'A1' class 4-6-2s designed by Arthur Peppercorn. Keith Farr recounts the story of Britain's last pure express passenger locomotive class.
tamworth memories - It was surely the greatest trainspotting location in England - THE field at Tamworth where Midland and West Coast main lines crossed and where the spotters of Birmingham could see Stanier 'Pacifics.' In the first of a series of memoirs of Tamworth Richard Strange recalls the scene and we introduce a new Phil Hawkins' Tamworth Memories painting of which you could own a print
ninety-one with an 'arthur' - Colin Boocock recalls a series of riding tests which resulted in some very high speed running with a vintage 'King Arthur' 4-6-0.
trials and tribulations - Peter Middleton recalls his involvement in the trials of BR AWS on the East Coast main line and with the aid of a BR booklet shows how the system worked.
comment - The Editor considers the problem of preserving historic railway carriages and highlights the case of some unique Gresley vehicles which ought to be at the top of any list of priorities.
call attention - A couple of novelty rail vehicles appear in this month's 'CA' together with a very popular 'Castle' and the curious case of a 'WD' 2-8-0 cut up by mistake.
sunday best - In the days when BR ran inexpensive Sunday excursion trains, P. Heath took advantage of some bargain outings to chase locomotives which he would not otherwise have seen.
the starvis diaries - 1958 - Last year Steam World featured extracts from the diaries of Camden top link driver Bill Starvis. John Clarke selects some entries from the notebooks which were kept meticulously in case 'evidence' was ever needed.
three sub-depots of the western region - Photographer Paul Leavens provides a glimpse of three of the smaller Western Region depots and reveals their contents on one day in 1957.
reviews - 'More books and video programmes come under the scrutiny of Steam World's reviewers.
tamworth - 1928 - In the days when the Tamworth field was still allotments the Aerofilms photographer captured this splendid view of the station.
dorset revisited - 1958 - In the second and final part of his feature on a major tour of 'Hardy Country' James Tawse returns to London by way of the Western Region
A works visit with 'H.G. forsythe' - Photographer Carl Stratmann took a tour of Swindon works in 1959 as the last of the '9F' 2-10-Os were being built.
steam world reader offers - A special selection of books and video programmes available through your tavourile magazine.
platform - The readers letters page with comment and supplementary information on recent Steam World articles.
swindon's last stand - In the second part of his examination or the Hawksworth 'County' 4-6-0s. JK Lewis charts their early years in service and the modifications which were made
from A distance - Looking back over 35 years, Keith Jaggers recalls his early interest in the railway scene around London and the different locomotive classes to be seen there.
all things considered - Regular columnist Andrew Dow examines the railway map and considers how history and Beeching have given Britain a railway map which is far from ideal.
Cover: Peppercorn 'A1' 4-6-2 No. 60128 Bongrace is being prepared for the road outside Doncaster shed in March 1963.
tamworth memories - It was surely the greatest trainspotting location in England - THE field at Tamworth where Midland and West Coast main lines crossed and where the spotters of Birmingham could see Stanier 'Pacifics.' In the first of a series of memoirs of Tamworth Richard Strange recalls the scene and we introduce a new Phil Hawkins' Tamworth Memories painting of which you could own a print
ninety-one with an 'arthur' - Colin Boocock recalls a series of riding tests which resulted in some very high speed running with a vintage 'King Arthur' 4-6-0.
trials and tribulations - Peter Middleton recalls his involvement in the trials of BR AWS on the East Coast main line and with the aid of a BR booklet shows how the system worked.
comment - The Editor considers the problem of preserving historic railway carriages and highlights the case of some unique Gresley vehicles which ought to be at the top of any list of priorities.
call attention - A couple of novelty rail vehicles appear in this month's 'CA' together with a very popular 'Castle' and the curious case of a 'WD' 2-8-0 cut up by mistake.
sunday best - In the days when BR ran inexpensive Sunday excursion trains, P. Heath took advantage of some bargain outings to chase locomotives which he would not otherwise have seen.
the starvis diaries - 1958 - Last year Steam World featured extracts from the diaries of Camden top link driver Bill Starvis. John Clarke selects some entries from the notebooks which were kept meticulously in case 'evidence' was ever needed.
three sub-depots of the western region - Photographer Paul Leavens provides a glimpse of three of the smaller Western Region depots and reveals their contents on one day in 1957.
reviews - 'More books and video programmes come under the scrutiny of Steam World's reviewers.
tamworth - 1928 - In the days when the Tamworth field was still allotments the Aerofilms photographer captured this splendid view of the station.
dorset revisited - 1958 - In the second and final part of his feature on a major tour of 'Hardy Country' James Tawse returns to London by way of the Western Region
A works visit with 'H.G. forsythe' - Photographer Carl Stratmann took a tour of Swindon works in 1959 as the last of the '9F' 2-10-Os were being built.
steam world reader offers - A special selection of books and video programmes available through your tavourile magazine.
platform - The readers letters page with comment and supplementary information on recent Steam World articles.
swindon's last stand - In the second part of his examination or the Hawksworth 'County' 4-6-0s. JK Lewis charts their early years in service and the modifications which were made
from A distance - Looking back over 35 years, Keith Jaggers recalls his early interest in the railway scene around London and the different locomotive classes to be seen there.
all things considered - Regular columnist Andrew Dow examines the railway map and considers how history and Beeching have given Britain a railway map which is far from ideal.
Cover: Peppercorn 'A1' 4-6-2 No. 60128 Bongrace is being prepared for the road outside Doncaster shed in March 1963.
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