For this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT uses some of his holiday time to sample Austrian ‘Railjet’ services in the Tyrol, as well as tourist steam services in one of Europe’s most beautiful
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This year our annual ghost story has been written by Robert Lumb November 1952 The station waiting room was cold during the summer months, but now in the late-November evening the cold was penetrating even
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Gary Boyd-Hope concludes his profile of the ‘Pacers’ and their antecedents with a look at the Walter Alexander-built Class 143s and 144s, and talks to people within the industry about the important role the type
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The restoration of NER petrol Autocar to working order has taken many readers by surprise, some apparently unaware such a vehicle even existed. Chris Milner visited Stephen Middleton, who bought the derelict shell of the
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Early LNER non-steam traction to the birth of ‘British Railways’ Bob Gwynne takes a fascinating look into the history of pioneering electric and diesel traction and its use by the London & North Eastern Railway
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Graeme Pickering looks at two reopening proposals in Scotland which could again connect the university town of St Andrews and the conurbation of Levenmouth to the national network, as well as another long-term scheme to
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Fifty years of the popular Class 50 locomotive was celebrated when 11 of their number took part in a commemorative gala, supported by The Railway Magazine and its sister title Rail Express. The event also
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With a lot of emphasis this year on the 50th anniversary to mark the end of steam on BR, John Crosse reveals the remarkable fact that more diesel than steam locomotives were withdrawn in 1968.
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In the second of our new, regular series, The RM is visiting the Severn Valley Railway (SVR) to spend time with its apprentices. These young people are enrolled in the SVR’s pioneering Heritage Skills Training
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On the Iron Road to the Isles By John Hunt and James Shuttleworth NOW firmly ensconced as one of the Great Railway Journeys of the World – doubtless enhanced by the popularity of Harry Potter
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