In this edition of Steam Railway, we hear from the Downpatrick & County Down Railway as they bounce back from devastating floods which brought the Northern Irish line to the brink of closure and make plans for a brighter future.
Elsewhere, Thomas Bright recounts how Flying Scotsman and Pendennis Castle came together in Australia in 1989; historian Anthony Dawson interviews early railways expert Dr Michael Bailey MBE about his life and career; Alfred Fisher concludes his reminiscences of his ownership of De Winton 0-4-0VBT Chaloner; Simon Colbeck showcases Graham Hoare’s incredible images of Kenyan steam; and we celebrate 90 years of Stanier’s ‘8Fs’.
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