The Settle and Carlisle Line is one of the great railway journeys in England, and thousands will have happy memories of the line. Maurice Burns has documented his many visits to the line – including
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Operating largely out of public view, the Railway Heritage Trust (RHT) plays a vital role, working with the modern railway to protect and conserve Britain’s historic railway buildings and structures. Ben Jones met RHT executive
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Howard Johnston meets Vic Mitchell, a preservation pioneer, and owner and co-author of hundreds of Middleton Press books. Aged 84, he is showing absolutely no signs of slowing down. VIC Mitchell is a remarkable figure
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Extending London’s Tube and Overground services for overnight operation needed considerable planning as well as input from the British Transport Police and TfL staff. Almost two years on from its introduction, Peter Brown looks at
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As major projects begin to deliver big changes, Ben Jones summarises some of the key amendments that took effect from May 20. WIDELY touted as the biggest timetable change in living memory, the weekend of
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Before the construction of powerful Pacifics and 4-6-0s by the ‘Big Four’, pre-Grouping 4-4-0s handled large swathes of passenger traffic. Keith Farr looks at performances of such locos under British Railways in the 1950s and
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Plans to reopen the Colne to Skipton line – which closed nearly 50 years ago – are gathering pace. Reinstatement would benefit passengers, with new and faster journey opportunities between parts of Lancashire and Yorkshire,
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A host of events with railway connections are set to mark 100 years since the end of the First World War. Craig Amess reports. This year sees the centenary of the end of the First
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The locomotives owned by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd have earned themselves a reputation for reliability and good performance during their various spells in traffic. Yet their owning group retains a relatively low profile, conducting impressive
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Chris Milner concludes his interview with 100-year-old photographer Ron Buckley, who returned from wartime military service to a railway preparing for Nationalisation. AFTER leaving England in 1940 and serving with the Worcestershire Regiment, Ron returned
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