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Steam Days Magazine - April 2026

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In this issue

Birmingham area rail memories
Modernisation and Beeching
Looking back to the mid-20th century and with an eye towards steam operations, Robert Darlaston recalls a period of great change.

Sunset of steam on the Isle of Wight: Cowes and Ventnor
After a lengthy period when it seemed that all of the island’s lines would be axed, Andrew Britton takes us back to the February and April 1966 closures that cut back the passenger network to just Ryde Pier Head to Shanklin.

Steam to the rescue!
Helping out diesels in Scotland
The transition from steam on the Scottish Region was anything but a smooth ride – Andrew Kennedy offers an overview of the scene in the early 1960s.

LAST STEAM ON THE NORTHERN LINE

Steam Days Magazine Description:

Publisher: Kelsey-Media

Category: Automotive

Language: English

Frequency: Monthly

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.