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The Railway Magazine, 1 Aug 2026

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ArticleCre­at­ing ‘Inspir­a­tion’

The Rail­way 200 exhib­i­tion train has now fin­ished its year-long tour. Rail­way 200 pro­gramme man­ager Emma Roberts tells Owen Hay­ward about the pro­cess of the train’s devel­op­ment from its early con­cepts through to the fin­ished set. With...

Cre­at­ing ‘Inspir­a­tion’

ArticleWhy the North West?

Mike Jones looks at why main line steam clung on the longest around the Lan­cashire region. THE end of Brit­ish Rail­ways main line steam came in a far faster times­cale than had been pre­dicted in the Mod­ern­isa­tion Plan, which expec­ted that steam...

Why the North West?

ArticleThe spirit of Rail­way 200

Graeme Pick­er­ing asks if the suc­cess of the 2025 cel­eb­ra­tions can encour­age the rail industry to be bolder and more ambi­tious when it comes to pub­lic engage­ment in the future. A year-long tour by the ‘Inspir­a­tion Train’ and more than a...

The spirit of Rail­way 200

ArticleMan­aging Liv­er­pool Street

The late Gor­don Pet­titt was one of Brit­ish Rail’s most respec­ted senior man­agers, with Part 4 of his per­sonal diar­ies recall­ing how the early 1980s saw cut­backs but also invest­ment. AFTER my time as divi­sional com­mer­cial man­ager in...

Man­aging Liv­er­pool Street