Steam Days Railway Magazine
- May 2009, No.237
- In This Issue
- Front Cover Image
- No.1000 is seen at Birmingham (New Street) 30 August 1959 - Michael Mensing
- Trains Of Thought
- Remembering 1959 - Fifty Years On
- Frederick Rogers takes us on a nostalgic journey back to 1959, when British Railways was still a steam railway, but one under threat from massive investment on diesel locomotives.
- 112mph with Sir Nigel Gresley
- Saturday 23 May 2009 marks the 50th anniversary of Class 'A4' Pacific No.60007 Sir Nigel Gresley setting a post war speed record for steam on British Railways. Andrew Wilson recalls the events of this epic run
- Steam Days in Colour 53: The South Wales Valleys
- The South Wales Valleys were one of the crucibles of the industrial revolution and enjoyed a long and fruitful association with the local railways. Enjoy some of the sights of this iconic area through the cameras of the finest steam photographers of the last decade of BR steam.
- Firing the BR Standard Arthurs on the South Western
- Dave Wilson recalls his experiences of footplate work on the BR Standard 'Class 5s' of Nine Elms depot.
- Steam Days at Barrow-in-Furness
- The Furness peninsula was one of the more remote parts of the North West England but, as Stanley Jenkins explains, its local iron ore deposits ensured that the railway age did not pass it by.
- Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters
- Pages 260-318, 8¼" x 11¾" . Red Gauntlet Publications
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