Steam Days Railway Magazine
- January 2002, No.149
- In This Issue
- Front Cover Image
- West Country Pacific No.34017 Ilfracombe is pictured at a snow covered Weald, between Sevenoaks tunnel and Hildenborough in January 1960. Derek Cross
- Trains Of Thought
- Of Line Closures and Lodging Turns
- Recording timekeeping and train formations, James Tawse describes a journey from St.Pancras to Kettering in 1959 for atrip over the Kettering to Cambridge line prior to its closure to passenger services, and in association with David Croft provides details of working practices and lodging arrangements for men working these lines.
- The Stainmore Route and the Eden Valley Line
- Andrew Wilson provides a detailed history of this popular trans-Pennine route from Barnard Castle in the east to Tebay in the west, and the Eden Valley route from Kirkby Stephen East to Penrith via Appleby East in the days of steam.
- Great Western 'Granges': A case of better late than never
- John Hodge reviews these popular Great Western 4-6-0 locomotives, their allocations over the years, their duties, and many other interesting facts.
- Sonw on the Southern - PHOTO FEATURE
- A seasonal photo feature compiled by Rex Kennedy
- Highland Railway Minor Lines:2 The Fortrose and Strathpeffer Branches
- In the second of two informative articles covering the history of minor Highland lines to the north and west of Inverness, Stanley Jenkins now takes a look at two Highland branch lines in Ross & Cromarty
- A Labour of Love - or a flight of fancy!
- Stephen J.Crawford tells the story of his lengthy project in the conversion of four old LNER goods vans into a holiday home
- Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters
- Video Reviews
- Pages 1-63, 8¼" x 11¾" , 270g. Red Gauntlet Publications
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