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

ON TOP OF THE WORLD

CALL ATTENTION • Chris Leigh and Richard Foster tie up some loose ends from previous features.

EVESHAM'S RAILWAYS • Stephen Roberts tells the story of the rivalry and history behind the two lines that ran through the town of Evesham

ALL THINGS CONSIDERED • The shorter days of winter make life difficult for everybody but Bob Gwynne considers its impact on running and enjoying steam

A BROKEN DATE WITH A ‘DUCHESS’ • Dr Geoff Eaton explains why Warwickshire Railway Society's tour to Carlisle on November 28 1964 was not the stuff of dreams

SABOTAGED & DEFEATED • We present a selection of colour images of the dying days of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, which closed 60 years ago

GREAT SHOT!

ADVENTURES USING A WESTERN ROVER - PART 3 • David Percival concludes his reminiscences of a week he spent in April 1961 travelling around the Western Region on a Railrover ticket. He slept on trains, which is why he's at Paddington early on April 12, having arrived on an overnight train from Cardiff. Find out where he's off to next…

LEWISHAM'S LEGACY • We pay tribute to the late Bob Poynter, who died on December 28 2025 at the age of 90, by publishing another excerpt from his memoirs, serialised in Steam World. This time, as well as sharing memories of the trains he commuted and rode on, Bob talks about how a railway disaster shaped his life and how he was transferred to Western Region

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

STEAM WORLD CROSSWORD

RYDE WORKS AND THE ADAMS ‘O2S’ • It's the 60th anniversary of the end of Isle of Wight steam so Dave Walker takes us through the history of the Isle of Wight's nerve-centre

‘O2’ WORKS HISTORIES • Richard Derry presents the BR works histories and fate of the famous 0-4-4Ts that served the island until the end of steam

MY TOP TEN COUNTDOWN NO. 9 GWR COLLETT ‘2251’ 0-6-0 • Continuing the countdown of his Top Ten favourite locomotive classes, Chris Leigh reaches number nine

A TRIP TO REMEMBER • Former Wellingborough fireman S. Broughton recalls an unnerving encounter with a ‘9F’ 2-10-0

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