eter Brown takes a ride on the new Class 717 EMUs, which over the next few months will transform Great Northern services.
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Category: Features
A Phoenix from the Ashes
If ever a place deserved to rise from the ashes, then it is Sierra Leone’s National Railway Museum (SLNRM). Nicola Fox tells the fascinating history of a museum, whose locomotives were less than a week
Read morePractice & Performance: Thames-Valley transformation
In the third and final instalment, Keith Farr concludes his analysis of the steam-to-electric transformation the Great Western Main Line has undergone in the Thames Valley. Part two of this series ended with a brief
Read moreUnboxing of Hornby’s King George VI and Duchess of Hamilton
Here’s the latest unboxing of Hornby’s LMS Princess Class Locomotives, the Duchess of Hamilton and King George VI.
Read moreBehind the scenes: Retaining heritage skills for the future
In our latest feature about apprentices at the Severn Valley Railway, we meet 21-year-old George Brogan, who is in his final year in the carriage & wagon department at Kidderminster. Since July, he’s been working
Read moreFeature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer
No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.
Read moreHeritage Explorer: Four lines in four days
Last summer Robert Drysdale embarked on an 800-mile round trip to visit four heritage railways in four days using the national rail network and occasionally a local bus. His personal account provides some interesting observations
Read moreLOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style
In this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT recalls loco trials undertaken by the LMS to assess locomotive coal consumption in a bid to discover whether trains of lower overall weight could cut costs
Read more70 YEARS BEHIND THE LENS
He took his first train photograph in 1949 and is still active on the lineside today. We turn the spotlight on one of Britain’s best-known and most prolific railway photographers – Les Nixon. by Nick
Read moreRetaining heritage skills for the future
The third feature in our series about Severn Valley Railway apprentices focuses on Ryan Parsons, who is building a new boiler for an Isle of Man loco. IN THE Severn Valley Railway’s (SVR) boiler shop
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