September 2023

Steam World

Britain's Best-Selling Historical Railway Magazine

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Fancy A Night at The Movies?
In today's cinemas, railway-related movies are few and far between. Modern movie heroes dash about in fast cars or fantasy space vehicles. As a ‘senior citizen’ I seldom go near a cinema these days. Modern movies don't usually have anything that inte
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PUBLISHER: Clive Nicholls EDITOR: Chris Leigh COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Richard Foster CONSULTANT EDITOR: Nigel Harris BA (Hons) DESIGNER: Harrison Coe OFFICE MANAGER: Caroline Kingdom ■
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Call Attention
Changes are happening on Steam World's editorial team as none of us are getting any younger. First I would like to welcome to the team Richard Foster, a colleague who was the third Editor of Model Rail following myself and Ben Jones. Richard joins St
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THE INTRIGUING STORY OF No. 1462
“I know where I can get an engine any time I want!” “Another engine?” “Another engine!” And so begins one of the most memorable sequences in The Titfield Thunderbolt when rough diamond poacher-Cum-fireman Dan and the railway's alcoholic benefactor Mr
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Return To titfield
I can't remember when I first watched The Titfield Thunderbolt. It was probably on TV. Black and white TV. However, ‘Titfield’ was the first Ealing Studios comedy to be filmed in ‘glorious’ Technicolor. That, perhaps more than anything else has ensur
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Restored Or Bodged?
Ben Alder. Doesn't the thought of scrapping it still make you weep? Oh, for a bag of cash and a time machine. Preservation history is littered with so many ‘what ifs’ but Ben Alder is another matter. It had spent 14 years in store and its future seem
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The Best Job On The Railway
Parts 1 and 2 were published in Steam World July and August 2023 Within the Railway Executive, Robert Riddles had a favourable team environment in which to develop designs for a range of new steam locomotives of varying power and wheel arrangements t
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Shed Visits Richard Derry
(Parts 1 and 2 were published in Steam. World April and May 2023) When I started at Walton-onTharnes boys school (long since closed) in September 1959, it had a very Strong Transport Club but it folded before I left in July 1965. A new member of the
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Stepping Up To the Footplate
Previous instalments were in Steam World January 2022 and March 2022. My next mentor was Maurice Newman. He had started at Ryecroft (Walsall) and was a great steam enthusiast. Through the brotherhood of the footplate, he had fired engines all over th
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1955-63 An Eight-year Adventure
Part 1 was published in Steam World December 2022, part 2 in January 2023, part 3 in February 2023, part 4 in March 2023 and part 5 in April 2023. Time went by and my Leeds trips with Dad continued, but after my Dronfield experience I now I had a new
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Scottish Pre-grouping Survivors
We start our survey with Britain's first 4-6-0. It was Locomotive Superintendent David Jones’ Chief Draughtsman David Anderson Hendrie who suggested to his boss that a 4-6-0 would be a suitable replacement for the HR's ancient 2-4-0s on goods traffic
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Encounters With ‘Counties’
It's nearly 60 years since I last saw a Hawksworth ‘County’ in action. I always thought that, when viewed side on in its final form with a double chimney, the final flowering of the Great Western 4-6-0 looked more space-age than anything Swindon had
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Southern Incursions And Excursions
Part one appeared in Steam World December 2022, part two in January 2023, part three in February 2023, part four in May 2023 and part five in August 2023. Turning to the BR Standard types, the use of SR-based Standards never quite matched the interes
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All Things Considered
The year 2023 is proving to be a fascinating one to anyone interested in the history of steam in Britain, as not only is Flying Scotsman celebrating 100 years, (featured in Steam World, April 2023) but its great rival GWR ‘Castle’ 4-6-0 No. 4079 Pend
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Platform
What a splendid article by Keith Widdowson on the branch line to Lymington in the June issue. But what a surprise to see Ivatt 2-6-2T No. 41224 in the headshunt at the pier. We always thought of No. 41224 as a Northampton engine and in fact I rode be
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Steam World Crossword
A copy of the book Goods Traffic on the LNER by Geoff Goslin (Wild Swan) will be given to the sender of the first correct answer opened on September 15, 2023. Answers (with your name and address) to SW435 Crossword, Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Or
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60034 Lord Faringdon
Gresley ‘A4’ 4-6-2 No. 60034 Lord Faringdon was one of the late survivors of its class, having been transferred to Scotland for use on the three hour expresses from Glasgow to Aberdeen. Thus, there are more pictures of this locomotive in existence th
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BOOK Michael Whitehouse Lightmoor Press, Unit 144B, Lydney Trading Estate, Harbour Road, Lydney, Glos GL15 5EJ. Tel 01993 773927. Web: www.lightmoor.co.uk. Description: Hardback, 275 x 215mm, 352 pages. ISBN9781915069214. Price: £60.00. The short lif

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