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Steam Days Magazine - May 2026

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In this issue

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CASTLETHORPE’S RAILWAY STORY: INVESTMENT AND LOSS

Talyllyn transition: from obscurity to world fame
Rescued at a time when taking over a railway to preserve its charm was a world first, Andrew Kennedy considers how a woebegone and ramshackle narrow gauge line was rejuvenated and history was made in May 1951.

A chapter of accidents on the Alnwick lines
Shining a spotlight on the two railways that served this Northumberland market town, Roger Jermy delves through the archives to reveal decades of railway mishaps, some of them tragic.

Treasured times at Laira
On site unofficially, like so many railway enthusiasts in the early to mid- 1950s, this ex-GWR main line engine shed was a regular haunt for Peter Kerslake in his teenage years, with his visits particularly fruitful for photography in 1956, the year he turned 20.

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.