August 2021

• Where were the ‘Kings’ – Bob Poynter ponders why there were so few ‘Kings’ on the heavy holiday trains?

• Seeing Souther Steam’s Swansong – Stephen Roberts chronicles the run-down and demise of steam on the Southern Region

• Through Noel’s Lens – East Coast Main Line Freight

• Handy and Hardy – The ‘H’ Class 0-4-4Ts

• The ’Severn Boar’ – not boring at all!

• Pure Filth! ‘Pacifics’ – Gavin Morrison’s photographs of the worst-presented 4-6-2s

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