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PUBLISHER: Clive Nicholls EDITOR: Chris Leigh COMMISSIONING EDITOR: Richard Foster CONSULTANT EDITOR: Nigel Harris BA (Hons) DESIGNER: Harrison Coe OFFICE MANAGER: Caroline Kingdom EDITORIAL ADDRESS Steam World, 4 Milnyard Square, Orton Southgate, Pe
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A Tribute To Peter Townend
Peter Townend’s remarkable railway career ran for more than 40 years from 1941, starting at Doncaster when he was a premium apprentice and taking him through the drawing office and various motive power depots before he landed at 34A. There, he oversa
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The Railway Over the Stainmore Pass
The North Pennine range that separates the once industrial North East and County Durham from Lakeland is a remote and beautiful wilderness of moorland and high Pennine fell. What marks out this part of England more than anything else is the huge shel
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Call Attention
When I switched from my lineside trainspotting on the Southern Region at Weybridge to the Western at Iver,Ihad to make a number of adjustments. At Weybridge, the slow lines were outside the fast lines, so a local train formed by an EMU could block th
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Not (quite) The 'master Shot' comment
Over the past 30 years or so, we’ve lost most of the great steam era photographers. Only a handful of those who were very young when they started photographing steam are still with us. I met many, maybe even most, of them during my time looking after
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Hayling Island farewell
The sun sets – both literally and figuratively – on the Hayling Island branch. ‘A1X’ No. 32670, now based on the Kent & East Sussex Railway, crosses the famous Langstone bridge with the 4.35pm Havant-Hayling Island on the last day of passenger servic
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George Heiron around Bristol
Chris Leigh recalls his memories of working closely with George Heiron next issue. ■
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Platform
What an issue Steam World December was for me! It contained shots of two locomotives I have fired on as well as a shot of the ‘Jones Goods’, No. 103. The locomotives that I fired were ‘Britannia’ No. 70041 Sir John Moore and ‘Castle’ 4-6-0 No.4079, P
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A Postcard From The manifold Valley
I noted how Arthur Cadlick Pain, in a feature about the Hemyock branch back in the January 2022 Steam World, had promoted the concept of light railways, built along river valleys, as a way to improve the fortunes of rural folk. Light railways provide
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Steam World Crossword
A copy of the book Folkestone’s Railways by Brian Hart (Wild Swan) will be given to the sender of the first correct answer opened on January 19, 2024. Answers (with your name and address) to SW439 Crossword, Steam World,4 Milnyard Square, Orton South
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Finding 'Merchant' replacements
'Merchant Navy’ No. 35020 Bibby Line dips its nose over the summit after a long slog up from Axminster and the crew breathe a sigh of relief, enjoying the respite of a few downhill miles at 1-in-80. It’s April 24 1953 and passengers aboard the 4.30pm
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Reviews
BOOK REVIEW OF THE MONTH Tim Hillier-Graves Pen & Sword Books, 47 Church Street, Barnsley, South Yorkshire S70 2AS. Tel: 01226 734222. Web: www.pen-and-sword.co.uk Description: Hardback, 254 x 180mm, 248pp. ISBN: 9781399045070. Price £28. The LNER’s
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Lake District Branch lines Part 2
Part 1 of this feature appeared in SW438 (December 2023) From Broughton, the line climbed at 1-in-49 and, between Woodland and Torver, reached 345ft above sea level, the highest point on the Furness Railway network. Can you imagine a tourist honeypot

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