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

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The last days of steam on the Northern Line • The LPTB New Works Programme of 1935 set out to add the LNER Northern Heights lines to the Underground network, but as Eric Stuart explains, the advent of war paused the work and ultimately the fate of the ex-Great Northern branches to Edgware, High Barnet and Alexandra Palace was unique upon comparison to each other when BR finally left the territory 29 years later.

Steam to the rescue! Helping out diesels in Scotland • The transition from steam on the Scottish Region was anything but a smooth ride – Andrew Kennedy offers an overview of the scene in 1957-63.

GET ONE YEAR OF STEAM DAYS FOR JUST £53.99 • RECALLING BRITAIN’S STEAM ERA THROUGH PHOTOS, RECOLLECTIONS AND HISTORICAL FEATURES

Sunset of steam on the Isle of Wight: Cowes and Ventnor • After a period of great uncertainly when it was very possible that no island line would survive beyond the short term, Andrew Britton recalls the February and April 1966 closures that cut back the network to simply Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin.

Birmingham area rail memories Modernisation and Beeching • Looking back to the mid-20th century and with an eye towards steam operations, Robert Darlaston recalls a period of great change. All photographs by the author.

Tail lamp extra: What became of King William III?

Tail Lamp • Readers Letters