The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new October issue is out now!
HST 50: Practice & Performance
InterCity 125s made an instant step-change in performance over locomotive-hauled services thanks to their superior acceleration and braking, as John Heaton FCILT describes.
HST 50: Fast but expensive
BR manager Gordon Pettitt had a short spell on the Western Region in the late-1970s that coincided with the introduction and expansion of HST services.
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HST 50: The fleet goes on
50 years on and many HSTs are still in regular use both here in Britain and abroad. David Russell examines the current operations.
Scotland’s first modern railway
Following on just a few months after the Stockton & Darlington Railway opened in 1825 was Scotland’s equivalent, the Monkland & Kirkintilloch Railway, as Don Martin reports.
