Welcome to our preservation 75th anniversary special. But while we’re looking back at preservation’s beginnings and some of its greatest achievements since 1951 in this edition, I am personally much more excited about what the future...
Seventy-five years is a long time, certainly as far as railways are concerned. From humble origins in a group attempting to keep open a backwater narrow gauge railway in rural mid-wales, the railway preservation movement has grown...
A handful of Birmingham railway enthusiasts were instrumental in driving the heritage preservation movement in the 1950s and keeping the main line steam dream alive. MICHAEL WHITEHOUSE explores their grit, determination – and the...
Blyton, Dahl, Milne, Potter… some children’s authors are known by their surnames alone – and you can certainly add Awdry to that illustrious list. For generations, The Railway Series books and various spin-off media have delighted railway...
