11 SMOKE RINGS News, views & comment on the world of model engineering. 12 NORTHUMBRIAN
- A SECOND LOOK AT RAINHILL Tony Weale continues with the piston rod gl&, steam chest parts & valve assemblies. 15 POST BAG Letters to the editor. 16 EMPIRE BUILDING Alan Crossfield provides construction details for the tender. 20 ROAD STEAM
- OUT & ABOUT 2009 Martin Wallis concludes his annual round-up of the year's steam rallies. 24 SUPERHEATER ELEMENTS Bill Steer looks at the practical aspects of making superheaters. 28 FAIR ROSAMUND Neville Evans details the GWR 0-4-2 tank's coil & leaf spring axleboxes. 32 FREELANCE BEAM ENGINE FRIVOLITY Martin Ranson completes the engine & also offers some optional parts. 39 BUILDING A VERTICAL STEAM-DRIVEN BOILER FEED PUMP Ted Holloway machines a Southworth 6in. Donkey Pump. 42 A PACTICAL APPROACH TO BOILERMAKING Terence Holland builds a Yarrow water tube boiler. 46 SHAND MASON STEAM FIRE ENGINE IN 1:6 SCALE Gunter Kallies makes the boiler casing & chimney for his horsedrawn fire engine of 1890. 48 A VISIT TO CAMDEN MINIATURE STEAM SERVICES Dave Fenner pays a fleeting visit to a Somerset book supplier. 51 DIARY Forthcoming events.