Steam Days

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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The Aberdeen Railway and its successors • The first railway to reach Aberdeen, in 1850, Keith Jones summarises 175 years of changes on the network spanning Arbroath-Forfar, Montrose-Brechin and the main line from Strathmore and through to the Granite City, including its unique West and East Coast status north of Kinnaber Junction.

The USATC S100s in Britain – the early years • Built during the Second World War, the story of the United States Army Transportation Corps locos in the UK has long captivated John Bushby, who offers an overview of the first few years of the S100 class 0-6-0Ts over here, both before and beyond VE-Day.

238: Billingham to West Hartlepool

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Tracking the 1838-62 ‘pioneer engine’ names of the Royal Scots • Centring on a group of nine LMS Royal Scot names promoted by Henry Fowler to hark back to some intriguing early locomotives, David Anderson tracks a naming thread that preceded and sometimes post-dated these elite 4-6-0s and highlights a deep tradition of recycled identities adopted by the LMS.

Outings in Wales and its northern borderlands • A resident of Chester for several years, Chris Forrest recalls trips of note between 1952 and 1965, taking in much ex-Great Western territory, but with Eastern and London Midland interludes too.

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