The link between railways and music is extremely strong, as our best-selling souvenir issue on the subject revealed three years ago. Now, British folk singer Billy Bragg has produced an album of popular railroad songs
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Author: Sam Hewitt
Sam Hewitt is the Digital Content Editor at Mortons Media Group.
Email: shewitt@mortons.co.uk
FAWLEY FINALE
For more than 80 years, ExxonMobil and its predecessors used rail to move oil products from the Fawley refinery, but all traffic ceased in September. Nick Lera charts the history of this Hampshire industrial site.
Read moreBritain’s least-used stations
Every year, the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) publishes data showing the number of entries and exits for each UK station. While London stations generally make up most of the top 10 busiest, spare
Read moreTuxford: The growth and decline of a railway centre – Part 2
Robin Stewart-Smith concludes his historical review of Tuxford, a town that once had a railway works and three railway stations. On New Year’s Day 1907, the LD & ECR was absorbed by the Great Central
Read moreMastering the Mendips: Part 2
In the 50th anniversary year since the closure of the Somerset & Dorset railway, Keith Farr concludes his performance analysis by looking at the Bulleid and BR Standard classes that worked the route to its
Read moreFacing a freight crisis
BRITAIN’S rail freight companies are facing a crisis. In the past 18 months coal traffic has taken a substantial downturn, with the latest quarterly figures showing a 61.4% drop, not helped by the Government’s doubling
Read moreCampaign launch for £50bn upgrade project
BRITAIN Runs on Rail campaign has been launched by the Rail Delivery Group (RDG) to raise awareness of the industry’s £50billion upgrade plan and why the investment is needed. RDG chief executive Paul Plummer has
Read moreTwo injured after landslide derailment near Watford
TWO passengers suffered slight injuries after a London Midland Class 350 EMU was derailed by a landslip on the northern approach to Watford slow tunnel on September 16 following torrential rain. Unit Nos. 350264 and
Read more‘4MT’ evokes spirit of the Bath to Binegar local
IT IS arguably the most convincing Somerset & Dorset revival yet… The sight of a BR Standard ‘4MT’ tank and a solitary coach was a most faithful re-creation of the much-loved inter-county main line at
Read moreTyseley plans triple ‘Castle’ dream with Defiant return
TYSELEY’S dormant ‘Castle’ Defiant will be returned to steam in an ambitious £1million public sponsored project – to complete a unique in-house collection of three main line-registered locomotives from a single class. Defiant will be
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