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 September edition of Steam Days includes…
Danger, high voltage!
Sixty years after the yellow ‘not south of Crewe’ warning stripe was introduced to bar over-height locomotives from passing beneath 25kV overhead lines, Andrew Kennedy considers the restrictions of 1 September 1964
and the fleet of locomotives duly adorned with the cabside warning.
Changes on Chester’s main lines
His home for six years, Chris Forrest looks at the changing scene at this former GWR/LMS/LNER frontier from the mid-1950s, many brought about by BR regional boundary changes.
From Wotton Tramway to Brill branch – Quainton Road to Brill: 1871-1909
Built with economy in mind, Bruce Laws tracks this rural tramway from inception, opening and into everyday use, and concluding in pre-war days with the line operating as the Brill branch of the Metropolitan Railway.
New faces on the Highland lines
The ‘Big Four’ and British Railways eras saw ex-Highland Railway metals enjoy a surprising variety of motive power – John Roake looks at ‘foreign’ types drafted in, regular visitors, and new classes of LMS and BR origin.
And there’s lots more inside! If you’d like to read the September 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.
