Steam Days Railway Magazine

August 2010, No.252
In This Issue
Front Cover Image
V2 No. 60813 passes Broughty Ferry on a Saturdays-Only Manchester to Aberdeen extra in 1966. Keith Pirt
Trains Of Thought
Lynton & Barnstaple Railway - Engine Sheds and Operations
Renowned L&BR historian, Paul Gower, details the creation and evolution of what became the Southern Railway's two narrow gauge engine sheds in Devon, as well as offering an overview of the operation of the 19¼ mile railway that they served
Quirks of Fate
Philip Atkins ponders why some locomotives enjoyed long working lives, whilst others built at the same time were taken out of service relatively quirkly
Steam Days in Colour 68: Gresley V2 2-62-s and V1/V3 2-6-2Ts
Gresley favoured three-cylinders for many of his designs because of the balanced turning effect inherent with the use of this layout. Enjoy the sight of three of his three-cylinder V classes of locomotives during their swansong years of British Railways service
Britain's Titled Trains 38: The Cornish Riviera
By far the most famous train on the GWR and BR(WR), Roger Haigh unravels the myths from the facts about this iconic express that ran between Paddington and Penzance
To Scotland for Steam
Robert Pritchard remembers the Worcester Locomotive Society's nine-day Scottish tour in the Summer of 1965, which also embraced shed visits in North West and North East England
Tail Lamp - Readers' Letters
Pages 449-510, 8¼" x 11¾" . Red Gauntlet Publications

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