THANK you for the supplement sent with the March 2019 issue. Item 24 states the name Penrice Castle was carried by three separate members of the same class. That is true, but it also applies to eight other
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John Heaton FCILT takes a look at Britain’s first tram-train operation in Sheffield.
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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
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NIGEL Dobbing, the founder of the Railway Touring Company, whose vision pioneered the ‘Great Britain’ steam tours, was remembered with the operation of a memorial train on March 17. Members of Nigel’s family, his friends,
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TRAIN services on the 28-mile Conwy Valley line will remain suspended for several months after the line was substantially damaged by Storm Gareth on March 16. Detailed inspections of the branch line by Network Rail
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The first use of Vivarail Class 230 DMUs on the main line is just weeks away, according to the company’s chairman Adrian Shooter. The three production sets for West Midland Trains – Nos. 230003-005 –
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The demolition of Immingham’s mechanical coaling plant last year has left Britain with just one example of these huge ferro-concrete monoliths.
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NORTHERN has begun a refresh and refurbishment programme on its fleet of 16 Class 333 EMUs.
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The cost of electrifying UK railways could be slashed by between a third and one-half of recent schemes.
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By Phil Marsh KEITH Williams, who is leading the Government’s ‘root and branch’ Rail Review, outlined his first five months progress at the annual George Bradshaw lecture on February 26. Mr Williams explained the public
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