Ben Jones visits one of the country’s most important locations – Tarmac’s Tunstead Quarry in Derbyshire.
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The South Tynedale Railway
It may well be England’s highest narrow gauge railway, and has deep-seated aspirations to return to Haltwhistle.
Read moreRon Buckley, Britain’s oldest railway photographer
Chris Milner met centenarian Ron Buckley, a railway photographer with a fascinating past, who took his first railway picture in the 1930s, but also spent more than 40 years employed by both the LMS and BR.
Read moreThe coaling plant story: Towers of Strength
The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.
Read moreRetaining heritage skills for the future
We talk to 21-year-old Bradley Windridge about his experiences as a heritage signal maintenance technician.
Read moreIs it a bus? Is it a train? It’s a supertram!
John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.
Read moreBack from the brink
The West Somerset Railway (WSR) held a frank and honest briefing for members and shareholders on March 2, at which it laid out the problems it faces, and discussed the ways in which the WSR
Read moreFeature | Access all areas?
Ben Jones looks at the thorny issue of open access in the UK and Europe, its successes and failures, and the arguments for and against. ASK someone for their views on open access passenger operations
Read moreThe Coaling Plant story: Towers of Strength – Part 1
The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.
Read moreComing home to the Cotswold Line
Running east to west through the heart of the country through rolling landscape is the Oxford to Hereford line. Stephen Roberts takes a trip over a route which operates with a mix of single- and
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