Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best, Steam Days is the monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts.
Here’s what to expect this month…
A favourite railway – County Donegal
Probably the favourite Irish narrow gauge system in the eyes of most British railway enthusiasts in the 1950s was that of the County Donegal Railways Joint Committee – Colin Boocock describes his visits to this surprising railway.
The Great Western Railway’s Hall names The near, the far, and the who knows where?
Jim Lindsay reveals how the inspiration for the names of the Collett 4900 and Hawksworth 6959 class 4-6-0s, 259 and 71 locomotives embraced far more than stately homes in GWR territory – and included many oddities.
The last five years of the LNER Pacifics: 1962 to 1966
Leonard Rogers tracks the latter-day activities of the 4-6-2s of LNER lineage, the Gresley A3s and A4s, the Thompson and Peppercorn A2 variations, and the A1s that naturally followed in 1948/49.
Only known photographs of obscure engine sheds
Delving into the vaults, Roger Griffiths takes us to some little-known and often short-lived locomotive servicing facilities.
And there’s lots more to delve into, but you’ll have to find that out for yourself! If you’d like to read the August issue of Steam Days magazine, then you can cut to the chase and order yours here, or better yet save those pennies and subscribe to Steam Days magazine.
