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Ron 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.
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70 YEARS BEHIND THE LENS
He took his first train photograph in 1949 and is still active on the lineside
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Locospotting pioneer
Every self-respecting LNER enthusiast is aware of the RCTS ‘green books’ – the monumental series
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PROTECTING THE INFRASTRUCTURE: BRIDGE STRIKES – Educating the offenders
Overheight vehicles hitting railway bridges has become a frequent occurrence. Network Rail is working to
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The Great Railway Debate: Should Britain’s railways be RE-NATIONALISED? YES or NO?
The Labour Party has pledged to bring train operating companies back into public ownership if
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Leicestershire’s Lost Railways
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There were other ‘Castle’ name changes
THANK you for the supplement sent with the March 2019 issue. Item 24 states the
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No. 10000 and the ‘Royal Wessex’
The recent photos in The RM of No. 10000 working the ‘Royal Wessex’ (and the
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My BR involvement in early GCR operations
Graham Oliver’s article (Saving a Main Line Railway) about the early years of today’s Great
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In praise of bumpy journeys on ‘Pacers’
“I photographed my first one at Whitby in 1986 and have liked them ever since.”
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