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.

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LANCASHIRE & YORKSHIRE SURVIVORS • Peter R. Cooper describes the demise of the last surviving LYR classes in the 1960s

HUNTING ‘Y9s’ • Of all the Scottish steam engines to be found in the 1950s, the late Eric Sawford found the ‘Y9’ 0-4-0STs particularly appealing. Here’s their story

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THE ‘2MT’ 2-6-Os • Richard Derry takes a look at the post-war ‘Mogul’ concept that served both the LMS and BR

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MY TOP TEN COUNTDOWN No. 1 OLIVER BULLEID’s ORIGINAL ‘LIGHT PACIFICS’ • Well, it’s like 5pm on a Sunday afternoon in the 1960s, and we’ve come to the Number One spot in Chris Leigh’s Top Ten chart of favourite locomotives. Regular Steam World readers are unlikely to be surprised by the choice!

STRANGERS AT DERBY • Richard Foster presents a comprehensive list of the unusual motive power overhauled at Derby Works in the early years of BR

MY LIFE AS A FIREMAN • Now a passed cleaner, Dave Simpson continues his footplate reminiscences, this starting with his first ventures away from Leicester 15C shed Continued from Steam World, October 2026

ON TOUR TO EASTL EIGH AND SWINDON • Bruce Laws recalls an Ipswich Land Transport Society’s August 12 1962 visit to the Southern and Western Regions, including Eastleigh and Swindon Works

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