In an extraordinary incident a guard fired two bullets aboard the Royal Train on June 15, 2000. The shots damaged one of the Mk2 support vehicles, with the bullets striking the coach’s floor and table.
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An unnamed lad watches as a Southern Railway machine helps clear the wreckage of several coaches destroyed in a Nazi bombing raid on Brighton on August 26, 1943. This picture had to be passed by
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September 1984: Bodmin and Wadebridge 150 John R. Smith takes a final trip over one of Cornwall’s pioneer lines and commemorates its 150th anniversary. ONE hundred and fifty years ago this month, on September 30, 1834, the
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THE Model Railway Exhibition was again held this year at the Central Hall, Westminster, from April 23 to April 27, and attracted a large and continuous attendance. Rather more attention had been paid in many
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Eleven thousand well-groomed British Railway Horses proudly maintain the link between factory and Railway depot. They breathe the spirited energy which animates every section of British Railways. Door to Door Service by British Railways. The archive
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The shipment of locomotives, fully assembled, is not new, but such cargoes have up till quite recently been confined to short sea passages. The enormous advantages in time, labour, and convenience of transporting railway engines
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December 1950: Railway Photography By Canon Eric Treacy, M.B.E. TWENTY years ago, I snapped a moving train from the window of another moving train at Crewe. Surprisingly, the result was recognisable as a train—but only just.
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NEW design of standard non-gangway passenger coach, specially for surburban services, has been introduced by British Railways. Swindon is the parent office for design, and the vehicles so far placed in service have been built
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“Mallard in Somerset” From a photograph by G A Richardson. Gresley “A4” class Pacific No. 60022, “Mallard”, ascending Brewham Bank, near Bruton, on the Western Region main line, with the L.C.G.B. “West Countryman” rail tour
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