Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.
With Rex Kennedy as editor, he has 80 years of railway memories to recollect, alongside the stories and tales retold by many of the contributors.
Steam Days covers the six regions of British railways in each edition; Western, Southern, London, Midland, Eastern, and Scottish, with the occasional article on Irish railways and the industrial scene.
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Packed with fully illustrated articles, Steam Days covers the history of the railways of Great Britain from the early days of the 1800s through to the end of steam on British Railways in August 1968.
The new April edition of Steam Days includes…
From Hurlford shed cleaner to ‘Orient Express’ driver
Douglas McNaught delves into the reminiscences of John Scarlett, who joined the LMS just two days before the nationalisation of Britain’s railways.
Through the lens of John D Edwards: A Thames and Chilterns portfolio
The archives of the Great Western Trust include the photographic work of John Drydon Edwards. This selection of his work offers glimpses of Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Middlesex and London steam.
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Ex-main line locomotives in industry: Lancashire, Yorkshire and Lincolnshire Taking in locomotives sold off by the LMS, LNER and BR, we head east from
the former Manchester Collieries network at Walkden, and conclude our photographic journey in Scunthorpe.
No 71000 Duke of Gloucester – a 70th birthday retrospective
Marking 70 years since its completion at Crewe Works, Phil Atkins and Andrew Wilson explore the enigma of British Railways’ aristocratic odd man out, the one-off BR Standard ‘8P’ Pacific.
And there’s lots more inside! If you’d like to read the April issue of Steam Days, it is available to order here; alternatively, reap the benefits with a subscription and have it delivered straight to your door every month.
