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…
The Kingswear branch in the 1950s
The writings of Chris Gordon Watford tell of his fondness for the line through Paignton to Churston and Kingswear, and how time spent here would inspire his latter choice for a honeymoon location.
The Lough Swilly: The last independent narrow gauge railway in Ireland
Boasting a 99-mile network of 3ft gauge lines, Jim McBride offers an overview of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway from its origins, through partition and as a rail and road operation, the company’s diversification ensuring a 161 year lifespan.
Revisited – The name’s the same: Britannia
Complementing previous Britannia coverage, Roger Smith and Andrew Kennedy present details of three less well known engines called ‘Britannia,’ as well as offering some rare and newly located photographs of two other ‘Britannias’.
St Enoch, St Pancras and their Pullmans: 150 years on: It’s only a coincidence when you don’t have the evidence
Two railway termini of renowned Gothic beauty and the luxury passenger travel linking them, across more than 430 miles, Andrew Swan reveals Midland Railway determination to reach Glasgow and how the Glasgow & South Western and Midland relationship was ‘sanctified through hell.’
