Steam Days is a monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts. Each issue covers the six regions of British Railways: Western, Southern, London, Midland, Eastern, and Scottish, with the occasional article on Irish railways and the industrial scene. These well illustrated articles in the magazine cover the history of the railways of Britain from the early days of the 1800s through to the end of steam on British Railways in August 1968.
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West of England Rail Rover 1960 To Truro and the far west • Heading west for a week of travelling on everyday services for the adventure, Leslie R Freeman and a friend set out to discover the main lines and branches of Cornwall and Devon. All photographs and text courtesy of Transport Treasury.
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Glasgow Crossrail? • Eric Stuart looks at Glasgow’s two rival subterranean east-west suburban lines, established by the North British Railway and the Caledonian Railway, and their services through to 1960.
In Colour 209: Steam serving Oxfordshire industry • The bulk traffic flows moved by British Railways, so often linking to private railway systems, have always been core business to the main line railways, this photo-feature offers a few Oxfordshire examples, including for the cement, limestone and ironstone industries.
Swindon’s Stanier ‘8F’ 2-8-0s • As part of the war effort, Swindon built 80 Stanier ‘8F’ class 2-8-0s. Andrew Wilson looks at their working lives.
An extended London area shed bash • Bruce Laws recalls an Ipswich Land Transport Society trip to the capital that took in Eastern, London Midland, Western and Southern Region engine sheds on Sunday, 21 April 1963.
Tail Lamp • Readers’ Letters