No. 390134 passes Grayrigg on March 18 with the 09.36 Glasgow to Euston. What would the first P&P writer Charles Rous-marten have made of it?
Introduced just four years after the launch of The Railway Magazine, our record-breaking Practice & Performance series has been a regular feature ever since. To mark its 125th anniversary this month, John Heaton FCILT imagines a journey...
Following his article last month examining why the North West was last to eliminate steam, Mike Jones looks at the rundown on the Western Region, which was the first to go all diesel more than a year before any other region.
The late Gordon Pettitt was one of British Rail’s most respected senior managers, and Part 5 of his diaries sees him promoted to be general manager of the Southern Region.
Power outages cause mass distruption; Major derailments in the summer heat; Wildfires close line. A MERE 90-second failure of the National Grid power supply on August 6 to the Ashburys rail operating centre in Manchester, which provides...
John Stretton looks back on his seven decades as a railway photographer.
Our occasional series looking at past and present scenes visits the eastern edge of Cumbria.
Historic Douglas Bay Horse Tramway to be reinstated. MANX parliament Tynwald has approved funding of up to £3 million to reinstate the Douglas Bay Horse Tramway between Broadway and the Sea Terminal. The financial package consists of...
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What was making the news 100, 50 and 20 years ago. TO see around 35% of its business (coal) simply disappear in a five-year period – earlier than expected and with no obvious replacement – would have a very major impact on any...