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ArticleThe future on show

IT’S hard to explain the scale of Inno­Trans if you’ve never been to the Messe Ber­lin, where RAIL went last month for this issue’s spe­cial report (start­ing page 24). The UK couldn’t accom­mod­ate this size of indoor show, as there’s no venue that’s...

ArticleHST HALF CENTURY

ArticleAppren­tice­ships

Andy Com­fort meets a rail enthu­si­ast whose appren­tice­ship led to a man­ager’s role at Angel Trains. Thomas the Tank Engine and friends might well be respons­ible for launch­ing a few rail­way careers. Take Jack Plumb, for example. From enjoy­ing...

ArticleRail­way secrets

Net­work Rail stores mil­lions of doc­u­ments in an unas­sum­ing York­shire ware­house, as Peter Plis­ner finds out. It’s a treas­ure trove of maps, draw­ings and deeds dat­ing back to the begin­ning of the rail­ways and bey­ond. The Net­work Rail...