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For more than 30 years Steam Railway has been at the forefront of the railway preservation movement, reporting all the latest news as and when it occurs. Whether it's happening on the main line or on preserved railways, this news, written by some of the most respected journalists in the industry, is backed up by stunning photography from equally well-respected lensmen. In addition, each issue contains a wide variety of informative and probing features that get to the heart of the present day steam scene, together with historical and archive material that makes Steam Railway a magazine you'll want to keep and refer back to again and again. Inside you'll also find our one-stop guide to forthcoming steam events, galas and main line railtours, along with reviews of the latest railway books and visual media. If you're interested in steam on the railways, you only need Steam Railway.

Gary Boyd-Hope, Editor
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ON SALE NOW issue 424 January 31-February 27 2014

What's inside....

News

- Boiler of ‘Crab’ No. 42859 sent for scrap…along with frames of Doncaster-built ‘8F’?
- But the ‘8F’ surviving in Iraq may be restored for museum
- Duchess of Sutherland to mark 50 years since last Stanier ‘Pacific’ withdrawal
- NRM to axe over 20 jobs
- Pete Waterman to fund another overhaul of LNWR ‘Super D’
- Irish 4-4-0 Slieve Gullion to be overhauled in England
- Clan Line to make first preserved railway working visit at Mid-Hants
- Which steam locomotives are returning to service in 2014?
- North American ‘A4s’ to return home by April
- Rebuild of Royal Scot restarts at Crewe

Features

- ‘In the Works’ – an exclusive look at Somerset & Dorset Steam, home of unique Hunslet 0-6-0ST Cunarder
- How the Maunsell Locomotive Society overhauled ‘S15’ No. 847
- Behind the scenes of the Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railways
- The making of Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines with Highland Railway ‘Jones Goods’ No. 103
- Keeping the Isle of Wight Railway’s vintage fleet running

And much much more

- In Tony Streeter’s ‘Down Main’: a non-stop run for Duchess of Sutherland, and how a ‘B1’ worked a normal passenger train on the Esk Valley
- David Wilcock hears the confessions of steam-era numberplate ‘liberators’ in ‘Running Free’
- Mike Notley looks back to 1964 in ‘Top Link’ with classic runs on the ‘Atlantic Coast Express’
- The overhauled ‘Guide’ with enthusiast events, main line steam and (new for 2014) photographic charter listings
- Plus the best photography from the top lineside lensmen

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