On 3 July 1938, the A4 class locomotive Mallard raced down Stoke Bank at 126mph to set a new steam locomotive world speed record. That record still stands.
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Category: Features
New Trains for Old: From Upminster to Upcycled – Vivarail’s D-Train
Ben Jones visits Long Marston to find out how redundant District Line trains are being rebuilt to provide cheaper and greener alternatives to brand new
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From the archive: Experimental Vehicles – Ro-Railers: Ahead of their time or overtaken by events?
A new type of vehicle for use on both road and rail was trialled in the early 1930s, but never caught on. Alan Dale considers
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From the archive: A narrow gauge railway under south London
Keith Fender reports on the construction of the Northern Line extension to Battersea, which has necessitated the construction of a narrow gauge railway under south
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ARCHIVE: Getting Farringdon ready for the Elizabeth Line
Keith Fender was given an exclusive tour of Farringdon, one of the major interchange points on the £16billion project.
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Behind the scenes at Long Rock
Last year, Great Western Railway staged an open day at Long Rock depot, Penzance in April, raising money for the Penlee Lifeboat station and the RNLI.
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From Ukraine with love? Railway photographer shadowed by the state
Mark Darby takes a trip to the former Soviet country of Ukraine – an adventure which presented him with more than a few problems, including the discovery he’d been under surveillance for days… as a suspected terrorist!
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Pacer: the bastard son of the APT
In the early 1960’s Britain’s railway network was a third larger than it is today and seemingly stuck in the past.
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From the archive: Bredgar’s little gem
Gareth Evans visits the Bredgar & Wormshill Railway to discover the latest developments at the 2ft-gauge line in Kent, run by a group of friends,
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Tragedy on the West Coast Main Line: Defining moment in level crossing use
In the last part of our mini-series looking back to events of 50 years ago, The Railway Magazine considers a tragic accident that took place in early January 1968 on a section of the West Coast Main Line.
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