Steam Days - March 2026

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Llanelly Area freight trip working
Steve Bartlett looks back to November 1964 and Llanelly’s fast disappearing steam-hauled freight trip working, servicing local collieries and heavy industry from one of south-west Wales’s last operational steam sheds

STEAM DAYS in Colour
239: North through West Hartlepool
A magnet for enthusiasts looking for pre-Grouping steam action through to September 1967, West Hartlepool boasted a roundhouse, nearby three road through engine shed and a near constant flow of heavy freight duties

Sanquhar Station’s Spectacular Secret, Starlight and Seaside Specials
Douglas McNaught delivers a brief history of the Royal Burgh of Sanquhar and its industries, looks at the early railway years and recalls observations of the 1950s and early 1960s

Mystery locations
Well known for his etched brass model railway nameplates but since January 2022 also a regular Steam Days author, 1952-54 saw Chris Gordon Watford photographing the railway scene to inspire model railway projects. We present a handful of the photos recorded on these travels that became ‘unknowns.’