Steam Days - June 2023

In this issue

Stephenson Locomotive Society (Midlands Area) specials to Swindon: 1955-58 – with the ‘Stars’ and beyond
Inventive route changes and hand-picked motive power were at the heart of the annual SLS railtour to Swindon Works. Richard Garland talks us through these trains across their second four-year period.

STEAM DAYS in Colour
222: ‘Royal Scot’ survivors
The main lines of Britain are still graced with the operation of two rebuilt ‘Royal Scot’ class 4-6-0s, Royal Scot and Scots Guardsman. We look back to see these two locomotives in everyday service pre-1966.

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.