Steam Days - April 2025

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The locomotives of Thornton Junction’s final steam shed: Roger Griffiths and John Hooper track the Thornton Junction allocation from July 1933 until the demise of the LNER built six-road engine shed in 1970.

Happy afternoons on Hemerdon: Living just a short cycle ride away, the teenage Peter Kerslake enjoyed many trips to the heart of the Up climb of the ex-GWR
main line away from Plymouth, which was 1-in-41 at its steepest and routinely saw heavy trains banked or piloted.

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.