Steam Days - August 2024

In this issue

Two eras for the Premier line’s ‘George the Fifth’ class 1910-1948 … and as the only pre-World War I express loco for main line operation
At the heart of the project to build a new L&NWR ‘George the Fifth’, Dave Costello and Terry McMenamin consider the history of the class and offer an insight into progress with Prince George.

The ‘Big Four’ swansong – BR new-build 75 years ago
The post-war years were ones of both great change and continuity on the railways, as Andrew Wilson explains through the study of the new GWR, LMS, LNER and SR designed locomotives to enter service post-nationalisation.

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.