Steam Days Magazine - July 2023

In this issue

Crewe Works coppersmith – Les Jenks: LMS pre-war times
Andrew Kennedy offers a glimpse into LMS operations at Crewe Works on the steel works site, the words of Les Jenks enabling us to step back 87 years to when his career began as an apprentice coppersmith.

223: Edinburgh and East Lothian ‘East Coast’ steam
The 1950s and 1960s photography of J G Wallace is at the heart of this trip, which spans from Edinburgh (Waverley) to the climb through Cockburnspath to Penmanshiel.

Steam Days Magazine Description:

Steam Days - Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best!
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.