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Steam Days Magazine - October 2025

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In this issue

Cathays and Radyr sheds and their duties
D K Jones offers an overview of two Cardiff area ex-Taff Vale Railway engine sheds that saw GWR ‘general improvement’ investment and thus longevity and specifically looks at some of their BR steam era workings.

Those magnificent Merchants
With more than 16,700 miles of Merchant Navy haulage experience to call upon, Keith Widdowson summarises some memorable highlights during their last four years in BR service

The birth of the Glasgow & South Western Railway
At the 175th anniversary of the G&SWR’s completion as a main line through to Gretna Junction for Anglo-Scottish traffic, Douglas McNaught offers an overview of its evolved creation.

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.