Videos
Gas Turbine 18000
29 September 2011
An interesting archive film of Brown Boveri-built gas turbine loco No. 18000 just after it had been built in 1947 at Baden. Contains some fascinating scenes of railways in Switzerland too. Shame about the weather!
See it here: www.zeitraumaargau.ch/?v=e86dgy9d#/detail/e86dgy9d
London to Bradford in 6 minutes with Grand Central Rail
26 September 2011.
We wanted to celebrate our direct route from London Kings Cross station to Bradford Interchange Station, so we filmed the route in super speed -- enjoy!
Sunderland to London Kings Cross in 6 minutes with Grand Central Rail
26 September 2011.
Grand Central's 2,660mph train --Sunderland to London Kings Cross. We wanted to celebrate our direct route from London Kings Cross station to Sunderland Station, so we filmed the route in super speed -- enjoy!
World unveiling of Flexity 2 tram - in Blackpool
12 September 2011.
Britain’s favourite seaside resort, Blackpool, has hosted the unveiling of the first Bombardier Flexity 2 tramcar.
How to drive a locomotive - part 1!
10 August 2011.
In 1996, we printed a feature on steam footplate experience courses. Better late than never(!), we now publish a short diesel locomotive version as a companion to the more detailed footage on the DVD presented free with this issue.
Unveiling of the Flying Scotsman
1 June 2011.
The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive has gone on show in at the National Rail Museum in York after a five year overhaul.
GWR Railmotor No 93
28 March 2011.
The world’s sole surviving operational steam railmotor is now up and running.
Dubai's Driverless Red Line Metro
29 November 2010.
A view from the front of one of Dubai's driverless Red Line metro trains operating from Mall of the Emirates and Rashidiya on the section between Mall of the Emirates and Burj Khalifa.
Steaming back to Cauldon Lowe
26 November 2010.
Crowds poured into the Staffordshire Moorlands over the weekend of 13/14 November for the first of three gala events to mark the return of traffic to the long-mothballed Cauldon Lowe branch. In what may be considered a ‘first’ for preservation, the new company which now controls the branch ‘hired’ the adjacent Churnet Valley Railway to run a star-studded line-up of steam trains with stunning success, as a precursor to what may well become a standard gauge ‘heritage’ network.
Current Issue: March 2012
• EXCLUSIVE - MALLARD AND GREEN ARROW TO JOIN
THE ‘BIG FOUR’ GALA AT BARROW HILL
• HS2 GETS THE GO-AHEAD
• BRITANNIA HAULS THE ROYAL TRAIN
• FREIGHT ONLY LINES
Where they are and what they carry
• PLAYING TO THE WHISTLE
Links between railways and football
• TITLED TRAINS
• WORLD GAUGE SURVEY
• DRS ‘CLASS 68s’
PLUS:
• Next issue on sale: 7 March 2012
