Chris Price, the North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s new general manager, is now eight months into his role. Gary Boyd-Hope went to meet him to find out how he has settled in and find out more
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How the railways remembered Ireland’s 1916 Easter Rising
On April 10, 1966 Córas Iompair Éireann (CIÉ), the body responsible for the running of the Republic of Ireland’s railways since 1945, commemorated the 50th anniversary of the famous 1916 Easter Rising by renaming 15
Read moreSteam crane at work, 1943
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
Read morePreserved line focus – Amerton’s attractions
The first sod for the Amerton Railway was cut in 1990 in a field alongside a farm east of Stafford. The land it ran on was bought in 2012 by the Staffordshire Narrow Gauge Railway
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The railway system in West Wales is a curious mix of single and double track with freight lines. Stuart Warr looks at this pocket of the network that is off the beaten track. THE three
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For more than 80 years, ExxonMobil and its predecessors used rail to move oil products from the Fawley refinery, but all traffic ceased in September. Nick Lera charts the history of this Hampshire industrial site.
Read moreMultiple unit stalwart – Dual-voltage pioneers
On November 8 this year the Class 313 EMUs will have been in service for 40 years. Originally designed for one short line, with unusual requirements, their versatility and durability has meant that they have
Read moreAll aboard Truffadou – preservation French style
John Hannavy takes a trip on one of France’s few preserved steam railways – and discovered it has a very interesting history. WHEN the Metropolitan Railway carried its first passengers underground in London in 1863,
Read moreFACING UP TO THE CHALLENGE
The East Coast has proved something of a ‘poisoned chalice’ to franchisees in the past, but Stagecoach/Virgin are determined to make a success of it despite open access threats and jitters caused by the recent
Read moreLAZARUS LINES: Same railway – different location
Cliff Thomas tells the story of the Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway. An unusual Lazarus Line… it has been rebuilt in a completely new location! THE Lincolnshire Coast Light Railway (LCLR) is a small line with
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