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

KEEPING IT ‘REAL’

CALL ATTENTION • There's a bit of a Scottish theme to ‘Call Attention’ this month

WILLESDEN 1954: A PAST VISION OF THE FUTURE OF RAIL 1954 2024 • We've all seen photographs of the International Railway Congress, held at Willesden in 1954. But what exactly was it? What was its purpose and what did it achieve? Bob Gwynne delves into the events of 70 years ago

STEAM IN THE SOUTH WEST • Nowhere says ‘summer’ like the South West of England. We take a look at the railways of Devon and Cornwall through the lens of one of the foremost chroniclers of Britain's railways, R.C. ‘Dick’ Riley

THE BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION 1924 - 2024 • It was responsible for the GWR/ LNER locomotive trials of 1925. But what was the British Empire Exhibition and what else was displayed there?

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

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GREAT SHOT

STANIER CLASSICS TURN 90 1934 - 2024 • Three significant Stanier designs celebrate a milestone birthday this year. Join us as we pay tribute to the ‘Black Five’, ‘Jubilee’ and three-cylinder 2-6-4T

AROUND THE CLOCK AT ANNESLEY - PART 3 • The ‘9Fs’ transformed goods operations on the Great Central's London Extension, as John Palmer explores in the concluding part of his detailed look at operations from Annesley Part 1 appeared in SW444 Part 2 appeared in SW445

CLOSED IN 1964 1964 - 2024 • Beeching's closures did not really start to bite until 1964 but then, as Chris Leigh remembers, timeless railway scenes vanished forever with remarkable speed.

THE SOHAM DISASTER 1944 - 2024 • June 2 marked the 80th anniversary of the wartime Soham disaster when brave railwaymen prevented a much bigger catastrophe from taking place. Neil Smith recounts what happened

The Soham heroes

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