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

FANCY A DAY OUT?

CALL ATTENTION • Another round-up of snippets and a correction from CHRIS LEIGH

‘KING ARTHURS’ — A FEW FAVOURITES! • Living in Woking, David Maidment grew up with the ‘King Arthur’ 4-6-0s. He picks his favourites from the various different versions

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • Testing, testing… Bob Gwynne considers the efforts that engineers went to in order to improve the steam locomotive

GAVIN GOES NORTH EASTERN • Gavin Morrison starts a new series of taking us around the regions, starting with his ‘local’, the North Eastern Region. However, he starts in the North-East, well away from his usual West Riding haunts

MORE TOP TUNNELS • Peter R. Cooper continues his ‘Top 20’ longest tunnels feature by taking a look at some other long railway tunnels

TIME TO RE-EVALUATE THOMPSON? • Edward Thompson is one of Britain's most controversial locomotive engineers but, Alan Borrell argues, now's the time to reflect on his career objectively

GREAT SHOT!

MY TOP TEN COUNTDOWN No. 7 BR/WR ‘16xx’ 0-6-0PT • Continuing the countdown of his Top Ten favourite locomotive classes, Chris Leigh reaches No. 7 with a lightweight Hawksworth pannier tank, two of which went to Scotland.

‘BLACK FIVES’ IN SCOTLAND • Richard Derry recalls a rare foray to Scotland where he was in a prime position to cop many of Stanier's finest

GETTING THE MOST FROM THE FLEET – PART 2 • John Palmer continues his in depth look into how BR tried to increase its productivity – and how the arrangements of its Regions might not have helped

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

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

DRIVER GEOFFREY ERIC MUSKETT • There were thousands of railwaymen employed on Britain's railways, each with their own remarkable stories. Peter Wright pieces together the story of one driver, Geoffrey Eric Muskett

REVIEWS