{"id":8,"date":"2015-05-06T10:28:03","date_gmt":"2015-05-06T10:28:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2018-08-29T11:57:46","modified_gmt":"2018-08-29T11:57:46","slug":"featured-articles","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/index.php\/featured-articles\/","title":{"rendered":"Featured Articles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"\/\/downloads.mailchimp.com\/js\/signup-forms\/popup\/embed.js\" data-dojo-config=\"usePlainJson: true, isDebug: false\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">require([\"mojo\/signup-forms\/Loader\"], function(L) { L.start({\"baseUrl\":\"mc.us15.list-manage.com\",\"uuid\":\"b0da5debe3ba5702683441c44\",\"lid\":\"4419276eed\",\"uniqueMethods\":false}) })<\/script><br \/>\n<strong>Take a look at some of the most popular articles from recent issues of Steam World Magazine. If you have any specific requests for articles to be featured, let us know swweb@choicemag.co.uk<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-295\" src=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Untitled-design-12.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"266\" srcset=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Untitled-design-12.png 800w, https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Untitled-design-12-300x100.png 300w, https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Untitled-design-12-768x255.png 768w, https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Untitled-design-12-250x83.png 250w, https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/06\/Untitled-design-12-150x50.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw321-horwich.compressed.pdf\">A Works Visit to Horwich<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw321-horwich.compressed.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-42 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Horwich-700-px-150x150.png\" alt=\"Horwich 700 px\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #007b3a;\"> Phillip Pickles took part in a special day back in 1959- and got plenty of &#8216;cops&#8217; into the bargain.<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>A railway visit was always a special event. On arrival at the works, visiting permit on hand, a group of people would await the arrival of the official guide. The anticipation of which engines would be on the works was considerable&#8230;<br \/>\n<em><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw321-horwich.compressed.pdf\"><strong>continue reading<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw321-bob-names.compressed.pdf\">Naming the Battle of Britain Class<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw321-bob-names.compressed.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-46 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image-000-3-150x150.png\" alt=\"image-000 (3)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #007b3a;\">In part one of a six part series J.Dacombe explains the background to the choice of names for the Southern Railway&#8217;s Bulleid Light &#8216;Pacifics&#8217;<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>&#8220;Never in the field of human conflict has so much been owed by so many to so few&#8221; Winston Churchill&#8217;s immortal words resonate down the years ensuring the &#8216;many&#8217;, all of us, never forget the &#8216;few&#8217;&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw321-bob-names.compressed.pdf\">continue reading<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw-315-swindon-and-beyond.compressed-1.pdf\">To Swindon and Beyond<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw-315-swindon-and-beyond.compressed-1.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-47 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/image-000-2-150x150.png\" alt=\"image-000 (2)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #007b3a;\">Christopher Hext served an apprenticeship with the GWR and workes at Swindon well before the end of steam, but he started at Newton Abbot (Part One)<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Having attended the South Devon Technical College at Torquay, the job I coveted most was to be a draughtsman and although it was possible to enter a drawing office as a trainee, the preferred route was to first serve an engineering apprenticeship, on the tools&#8230;<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/sw-315-swindon-and-beyond.compressed-1.pdf\">continue reading<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<h4><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Choice-Feb-18-BR-remembered.pdf\">BR remembered&#8230; 70 years on<\/a><\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Choice-Feb-18-BR-remembered.pdf\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-47 size-thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/img8-12-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"image-000 (2)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #007b3a;\">Railway writer and former editor of Steam World magazine Barry McLoughlin celebrates the 70th anniversary of the formation of British Railways<\/span><\/h6>\n<p>Britain&#8217;s railway network used to be a vast adventure playground for my group of friends during our teenage trainspotting expeditions<br \/>\n<strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Choice-Feb-18-BR-remembered.pdf\">continue reading<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"nav3\" style=\"height: 200px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/twitter-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-159\" src=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/twitter-screenshot-1024x486.png\" alt=\"twitter screenshot\" width=\"480\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: 007b3a;\">Twitter<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"nav4\" style=\"height: 200px;\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Facebook-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-large wp-image-158\" src=\"https:\/\/steamworldmag.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Facebook-screenshot-1024x486.png\" alt=\"Facebook screenshot\" width=\"480\" height=\"285\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h5><span style=\"color: 007b3a;\">Facebook<\/span><\/h5>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Take a look at some of the most popular articles from recent issues of Steam World Magazine. 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