Steam Days - September 2024

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Beachy Head – putting a wrong, right
With the new-build Beachy Head now in steam at the Bluebell Railway, Andrew Britton offers the back-story to the ‘Brighton Atlantics’, concentrating on their post-war work and recalling the sad loss of No 32424 ‘Beachy Head’ as the last of the type.

New faces on the Highland lines
The ‘Big Four’ and British Railways eras saw ex-Highland Railway metals enjoy a surprising variety of motive power – John Roake looks at ‘foreign’ types drafted in, regular visitors, and new classes of LMS and BR origin.

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.