What really happened to steam

摘要

The publication of this souvenir issue of The Railway Magazine sees the official launch of the HSBT Project, an attempt to accurately document the withdrawal, storage and disposal of the steam locomotives that existed in the last 12 years of the British Railways steam era.rnIn the 41 years since the final demise of BR-owned standard gauge steam, only one enthusiast, Peter Hands, has attempted to publish comprehensive information on this subject. Peter's generous endorsement of this new project (see panel on next page) is very much appreciated and our team already possesses a great deal of primary source information that was simply not available to him.