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.

Steam Days

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The Kingswear branch in the 1950s • Reached from London Paddington by The Torbay Express, Chris Gordon Watford tells of his fondness for the line through Paignton to Churston and Kingswear and how time spent here would inspire his later 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 and thus the second largest narrow gauge railway system not just in Ireland but in the British Isles, Jim McBride offers an overview of the Londonderry & Lough Swilly Railway, from broad gauge origins, gauge conversion, through partition and as a rail and road operation, the latter ensuring the continuation of the company across 161 years.

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STEAM DAYS In Colour • 241: Rails through Northallerton

Revisited – The name’s the same: Britannia • Stirringly patriotic for many British citizens, it was perhaps inevitable that the name ‘Britannia’ would adorn many steam locomotives. To complement our previous 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

Tail Lamp • Readers Letters