Picture the scene. You are standing in a Staffordshire field beneath an almost cloudless blue sky.
Read moreFrom the Archive: Five decades of the Foxfield Railway
Category: Features
A West Highland celebration
Keith Farr analyses steam-hauled journeys over this scenic and demanding route.
Read moreFrom the archive: Last of the Giants – SNCF CC72000
Late August saw the final regular workings of France’s most powerful diesel locomotives. Ben Jones looks back at their varied career. AFTER the devastation of the Second World War, the railways of France recovered quickly
Read moreArchive: Open day at Barrow Hill
As printed from the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine, take a look at this story by Peter A Hogarth about the Barrow Hill roundhouse.
Read morePreserving Britain’s railway heritage
As long ago as 1845 Benjamin Disraeli wrote in his novel Sybil: ‘The railways will do as much for mankind as the monasteries did’
Read moreHistoric stations: Bath Green Park Some myths dispelled!
In the June 1980 issue of The Railway Magazine, Mike Arlett recalled the history of The Midland Station at Bath (renamed by BR as Bath Green Park in June 1951). All these years later it
Read moreRetaining heritage skills for the future
This month’s feature about apprentices at the Severn Valley Railway focuses on Richard Davis, who first joined the railway as a cleaner, but has since moved into the carriage & wagon workshop to hone his
Read moreState of the Art
Nick Pigott tells the story of the Guild of Railway Artists, from early brush strokes to acknowledged masterpieces and now looking to the future as the group celebrates its 40th anniversary… Railway art is almost
Read moreDroning on: Drones bring new dimension to rail photography
Words: Chris Milner, Photography: Geoff Griffiths The availability and affordability of a ‘drone’ for the average person has brought a new dimension to all types of photography. Until a few years ago the use of
Read moreFrom the archive: Budapest’s secret steam – Hungary’s hidden time capsule
Out of public view in Budapest’s Istvántelek railway works is an extraordinary collection of historic steam locomotives and rolling stock.
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