Steam Days  |  May 2021
Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best. Steam Days is a monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts. Each issue we cover the five 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 Great Britain from the early days of the 1800s through to the end of steam on British Railways in August 1968.
In this issue:
STEAM DAYS in Colour
197: Retford – an East Coast main line crossroads
Famed for its flat crossing where the Sheffield-Lincoln route crossed the East Coast main line at right angles until 1965, we look at the interaction and we look at the interaction and variety of these two routes in the last years of steam.
Old Build – New Build GWR
David Bradshaw reveals how arguably ‘forgotten’ locomotives are at the heart of the recreation of GWR types thought to have been lost forever.
The life and times of ‘N15’ Sir Lamorak
The Urie and Maunsell ‘King Arthur’ class 4-6-0s were a mainstay of Southern passenger services for over three decades. Andrew Wilson uncovers the working life of one of the last at work.
And much more!
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Steam Days May 2021.