Steam World

Steam World is Britain's best selling historical railway magazine. Covering the magical times when steam railways were the lifeblood of the country. It features first-hand accounts from drivers, firemen, BR managers and enthusiasts alike. Featuring magnificent photography from the fifties and sixties, it will bring back wonderful memories coupled with inside information of what it was really like to work, travel and play on the world's best railway.

Steam World

TO RESTORE OR NOT RESTORE?

CALL ATTENTION • Another day, another bridge - Chris Leigh calls attention to more bridge stories and more besides.

STOCKTON & DARLINGTON 100 • With the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway approaching, Richard Foster takes a look at how the LNER celebrated the centenary of this momentous event

PLATFORM • send your letters to Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton South gate, Peterborough PE2 6GX or steamworld@choicemag.co.uk

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD • A copy of the book Southwark Bridge: A Grand Project by Mike Day and Ted Stephens will be given to the sender of the first correct answer opened on September 19, 2025. Answers (with your name and address) to SW459 Crossword, Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton Southgate, Peterborough PE2 6GX.

MIKE ESAU - A TRIBUTE • Another of railway photography's ‘greats’ has gone from among us with the passing, in May, of Mike Esau. Chris Leigh remembers his quiet and modest support

LEEDS HOLBECK'S ‘BRITANNIAS’ • It's often forgotten that Leeds Holbeck had an allocation of ‘Britannia’ 4-6-2s. Gavin Morrison takes a look at the trio of ‘Brits’ that called Holbeck home

GREAT SHOT!

MY FAVOURITE BULLEID ‘PACIFICS’ • Train spotting on the South Western main line meant that Richard Derry became well acquainted with Bulleid 4-6-2s. Here, he takes a look at some of his favourite ‘Light Pacifics’

A TRIP TO CLEETHORPES • Doug Hewson recalls life growing up on the Nottinghamshire/Lincolnshire border before taking a memorable trip to the seaside town of Cleethorpes

CROSSING THE MIDLAND MAIN LINE • Building a motorway bridge gave young civil engineer Richard Garland a prime spot for watching steam

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • What's in a name? Bob Gwynne considers the locomotives that have been known by different names

PHOTOGRAPHS OF A BY-GONE AGE… • …but who took them? Paul Cooper lifts the lid on a mysterious box of photographs known as the ‘Thursby Collection’

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