Steam Days

Steam Days is a monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts. Each issue covers the six regions of British Railways: Western, Southern, London, Midland, Eastern, and Scottish, with the occasional article on Irish railways and the industrial scene. These well illustrated articles in the magazine cover the history of the railways of Britain from the early days of the 1800s through to the end of steam on British Railways in August 1968.

Steam Days

TRAINS of thought

On becoming a railway enthusiast • From his first encounters with trains, through to preserved railway visits some 80 years later, Robert Darlaston picks out some milestone subjects and cherished elements that have shaped his time appreciating Britain’s railways.

Cheap day returns from the Black Country • Well practised at getting about economically on BR with cheap day return tickets, Mike Page recalls where that took him as a young enthusiast in the 1953-60 period.

Railway adventures from Rotherham Trainspotting in the late forties and early fifties • Living in an area where the newly nationalised railways were of LMS and LNER heritage but were now across three regions, David Booth recalls highlights of his spotting career, both locally and nationwide.

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Nocturnal Nostalgia • As the daytime steam-operated passenger services were fast disappearing in the mid-sixties, enthusiasts such as Keith Widdowson were forced to spend a great many nights on Britain’s railway network to get their steam ‘fix.’ Selecting 2am, a time when most sane people were in their cosy, warm beds, he recalls the locations where, often with an assemblage of like-minded devotees, the night-time hours were idled away.

Trainspotting: a historical account • The railways of Britain were built to provide passenger and goods journeys from A-to-B, but such was their fascination that they took on an unexpected role in the lives of many who watched them. Andrew Kennedy considers the phenomenon of collecting locomotive numbers, how it was embraced by millions of onlookers over a surprisingly long period of time, and its evolution.

Tail Lamp • Readers Letters