THE RCTS column (RM March 2018) says ‘Shed permits were rarely if ever issued to single applicants whereas group visits were usually more successful’. It would appear, depending on the Region in question, the general
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AS THE editor has previously commented about the seats and their positions on new trains’ seats entering service, here is a passenger point of view. Whoever has designed the new Class 800s has never actually
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IN THE January issue the editor asked what readers consider to be the ugliest multiple unit front end. The ugliest (or shall we say, least aesthetically pleasing) front end I have come across is the
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HAVING seen your pictures of the new Bombardier and CAF trains for the new West Midlands franchise, I am bound to say that the front ends look dreadful, partly because of the continuing presence of
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THE feature on the Hither Green accident by Fraser Pithie was very interesting, and while it was a terrible accident, it’s no exaggeration to say that it gave us all pause. As a civil engineer
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PHIL Mathison’s request for information about the illustrious Master Neverers will all be told in ‘Never Again – The Book’, now being finalised for publication in 2018. The book has taken five years to put
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KEITH Farr’s ‘Battling for the Far North’ (RM September) brought back many memories of travel on a line where a winter diesel-hauled run included a water stop en route to top up the steam heating boiler.
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I PICKED this picture up on a recent visit to Brighton and wondered if any reader can identify the exact location? So far the following have been put forward: LB&SCR Brighton, Preston Park, Lancing Works,
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A good friend of mine, railway photographer Peter Fitton, suggested I should send the attached photograph to you. While not one of my best, it was taken with a 7/6d (35p) plastic Kodak 127 camera. The date
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ThIS photograph of HS4000 Kestrel at Crewe Diesel Depot on the evening of Saturday, June 5, 1971, waiting movement to Cardiff Docks, may be of interest to readers. (RM July). The bogies, having been converted
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