June 2024

 

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.

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 June edition of Steam Days includes…

North Wales and Chester memories
From childhood beach visits to post-graduate commuter

Chris Forrest started work near Chester in autumn 1955, and the city’s railways and the routes beyond passed from occasional, to everyday, observation due to a Saltney-Capenhurst commute until August 1957.

Early preservation: 1964

John H Bird offers a snapshot of some preservation news from the time when much of the BR network was itself still steam-powered.

The Hundred of Hoo Railway for Port Victoria and Allhallows-on-Sea

A route born of rivalry and the desire for continental traffic, Chris Gordon Watford tells of how all this came to naught, and subsequent efforts to boost passenger receipts and create a resort of Allhallows-on-Sea were likewise largely unsuccessful.

Alnwick in 1964: A portrait of a country terminus

A fondness for steam-hauled local lines saw G L Pallister choose Alnwick for a regional dissertation as part of his university degree. This led to a greater understanding of the role that the railway played within its community.

And there’s lots more inside! If you’d like to read the June 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.