Azuma arrives in London for first passenger service, 11:03am from London King’s Cross to Leeds.
Read moreVIDEO: Launch of Class 800 Azuma at London King’s Cross
Author: Sam Hewitt
Flex: The go-anywhere train
When you’ve invested millions of pounds in updating trains to bring them up to modern standards, what do you do when those trains become surplus to requirements soon afterwards?
Read moreRon Buckley, Britain’s oldest railway photographer
Chris Milner met centenarian Ron Buckley, a railway photographer with a fascinating past, who took his first railway picture in the 1930s, but also spent more than 40 years employed by both the LMS and BR.
Read moreGCRN vandal attack: Nottingham Police arrest two boys, released on bail
• Police arrest two boys in connection with criminal damage
• Vandals caused £80,000 worth of damage
Explore the Rainhill Trials with FREE DVD in The Railway Magazine
May’s edition of The Railway Magazine is not to be missed.
Read moreSearch for Sir Vincent Raven relatives for North Eastern Railway celebrations
Sir Vincent Raven was an English railway engineer and chief mechanical engineer of NER from 1910 to 1922.
Read moreOn This Day | 20 years ago…
Taken from our huge The Railway Magazine archive, check out what happened in world of railways in April, 20 years ago!
Read more‘Sperry Train’ arrives from Waterford
The ‘Sperry Wagon’ contains track recording equipment, which scans the rails to monitor the integrity of the steel.
Read more‘Tin Van’ in pre-Brexit dash to new Downpatrick home
Downpatrick & County Down Railway completed the move of its latest rolling stock over uncertainties over Brexit.
Read moreNo. 34092 City of Wells set and ready for services
North Yorkshire Moors Railway has announced No. 34092 City of Wells has arrived for its opening event.
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