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Livery Design: Giving the railway the ‘WOW’ factor

23rd July 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

While many transport companies look to external agencies and specialists to develop and maintain their brand and image, some undertake the activity in-house. Virgin Trains was one of the companies that until recently had its

Tyseley: Shaping the future of main line steam?

15th July 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

As the steam railtour market undergoes one of its most significant overhauls in decades, Gary Boyd-Hope talks to Tyseley’s Michael Whitehouse about Vintage Trains’ bid to become an independent train-operating company owned by the general

Check out this railway photography masterclass

8th July 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

Significant technical advances in digital cameras and lens quality has made railway photography images previously thought impossible, possible.

New Trains for Old: From Upminster to Upcycled – Vivarail’s D-Train

1st July 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

Ben Jones visits Long Marston to find out how redundant District Line trains are being rebuilt to provide cheaper and greener alternatives to brand new multiple units – and how Vivarail is looking to the

From the archive: Experimental Vehicles – Ro-Railers: Ahead of their time or overtaken by events?

24th June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

A new type of vehicle for use on both road and rail was trialled in the early 1930s, but never caught on. Alan Dale considers whether early road-rail vehicles were too advanced for their time.

From the archive: A narrow gauge railway under south London

17th June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

Keith Fender reports on the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea, which has necessitated the construction of a narrow gauge railway under south London – albeit a temporary one. MAJOR tunnelling projects are

ARCHIVE: Getting Farringdon ready for the Elizabeth Line

10th June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

Keith Fender was given an exclusive tour of Farringdon, one of the major interchange points on the £16billion project.

From Ukraine with love? Railway photographer shadowed by the state

3rd June 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

Mark Darby takes a trip to the former Soviet country of Ukraine – an adventure which presented him with more than a few problems, including the discovery he’d been under surveillance for days… as a suspected terrorist!

Tragedy on the West Coast Main Line: Defining moment in level crossing use

14th May 2020 Sam Hewitt Features

In the last part of our mini-series looking back to events of 50 years ago, The Railway Magazine considers a tragic accident that took place in early January 1968 on a section of the West Coast Main Line.