Steam Railway

Steam Railway magazine is the fastest growing Steam magazine and is the ultimate celebration of the world of steam. Each issue contains the latest steam news via a variety of informative and probing features together with historical and archive material, whether it's happening on the main line or on preserved railways. We also bring you fascinating features exploring the past, present and future of our railway scene, all backed by stunning photography and incisive comment and analysis. No railway magazine gets to the heart of a story like Steam Railway. Steam Railway magazine is the only magazine you'll want to keep and refer back to again and again. Whether you’re looking for the latest digital edition or a monthly subscription to keep you in the know, Steam Railway is the ideal magazine for you.

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THREE decades on • Tyseley Locomotive Works celebrates its 30th anniversary this year. Steam Railway paid a visit and talked to Michael Whitehouse about its past, present and future.

‘Dukedog’ goes on loan in Aberystwyth

71000 trust signs agreement with Crewe

Swanage ‘T3’ 563 a double winner at HRA awards

‘Spitfire’ flies again at Spa Valley winter gala

Steam stalwart Clive Groome passes away

Great Western Society mourns founding member Graham Perry

Standard No. 78018 fills in for ‘Grange’ at Battlefield gala

Betton Grange confirmed for ‘GlosWarks’ and East Somerset galas

West Somerset chief buys pannier tank and auto-trailer from Bodmin

East Somerset chairman quits

Great Central winter gala sets the standard

Great Central cancels 1940s event to cut costs

System’s 50,000th user HOPS to it

Ecclesbourne starts landslip diversion

Kolhapur and 7760 sold as part of Tyseley review

Leander for Lakeside and Epping Ongar

Danish ‘Tinkerbell’ hauls first trains in 38 years

Kettering Furnaces No. 3 to be Waterford & Suir’s first steam

Teddy’s Pixie set for July launch

New De Winton being built at Ffestiniog

Penrhyn Nesta to return to steam

Oldest and youngest Decauvilles to unite at Ffestiniog

Fire Queen leaves North Wales for Vale of Rheidol

Palmerston for Vale of Rheidol steam festival

Ex-Talyllyn GM joins Brecon Mountain

Bure Valley to celebrate 30 years of ‘ZBs’

Haydock to pay homage to Isle of Wight Freshwater

From Beckton to Bo’ness – Neilson tank lands in Scotland

Leeds-built Hawarden goes ‘home’ to Middleton Railway

Nomadic Waleswood moves to new base at Peak Rail

Penrhyn Vesta arrives at Bury Transport Museum

Bear to Bucks – new life for oldest surviving Peckett

FALLACIES IN WONDERLAND • Ah, the good old days… but who really remembers them, and are they merely a collection of misinformed, distorted personal narratives?

IT’S ALL ABOUT THE PEOPLE • HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION CHIEF EXEC STEVE OATES TACKLES STEAM’S BURNING ISSUES

Model Shop with George Dent • Model Rail magazine’s editor rounds up the latest modelling news

Collectors’ Corner with David Brown • Railwayana gems to pique any collector’s interest – David scours the classifieds so you don’t have to...

The Roster • Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Could ORR open the door for West Coast? • EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING TODAY’S MAIN LINE CHARTER SCENE

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Gallery • The best in steam photography

PENRHYN CASTLE: end of an era? • With most of the railway collection of the former railway museum at the National Trust’s Penrhyn Castle now dispersed, Mark Pearce takes a fond look back at this unusual centre of industrial locomotive preservation.

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