Steam Days Magazine - January 2023

In this issue

All change: Broadstone Junction
Known for being at the southernmost point of the Somerset & Dorset Joint Railway, trains operated through here for nearly 130 years – we look to ‘place’ the long-lost station in today’s landscape.

Schoolboy recollections of the L&Y route through Orrell
Chris Forrest describes early railway observations of his local main line, that between Wigan and Liverpool, remembering signal box visits, regular operations and specials such as Grand National trains..

Steam Days Magazine Description:

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.