The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new May issue is out now!
From little acorns…
The late Gordon Pettitt was one of British Rail’s most respected senior managers, but his railway career had humble beginnings, as revealed in Part 1 of his personal recollections.
Eastern intruders
Three recent tours featured LNER-designed locos tackling the climb to Shap – which one won and how did they compare with last November’s run by the unique ‘8P’ No. 71000 Duke of Gloucester? John Heaton FCILT finds out.
Ebb and flow
To mark the reopening of a second platform at Newquay, and thus at least a doubling of capacity on the Cornish ‘Atlantic Coast Line’, we look back at the fall and rise of the seaside town’s railway terminus.
The railway with a heart of gold
The Talyllyn Railway led the way in railway preservation, and this year the line celebrates 75 years as a volunteer-led railway, as Ian Drummond describes.
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