The Railway Magazine provides the latest news, Steam & Heritage, modern traction and reviews and our brand-new February issue is out now!
Railways & Computers: From Charles Babbage to ERTMS
British Rail’s Total Operations Processing System (TOPS) is now 50 years old, but the history of railways and computers can be traced back to the 1830s, when the ‘Father of Computing’, Charles Babbage was friends with Isambard Kingdom Brunel, as Bob Gwynne explains.
Practice & Performance
John Heaton FCILT delves into the archives to look at 0-4-4T locos in the south of England, of which there was a great variety of capable engines in service from 1866 almost to the end of Southern steam a century later.
Hassle at Huddersfield
John Heaton FCILT follows up his previous article about accidents on the Trans-Pennine route around Standedge Tunnel with a look at those further down the Colne Valley.
What, where, when?
An intriguing photograph has been found in our archive, but details are scarce. Can any reader help fill in the gaps?
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