Features
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Centenarian cameraman: Ron Buckley – Britain’s Oldest Railway Photographer: Part Two
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Chris Milner concludes his interview with 100-year-old photographer Ron Buckley, who returned from wartime military service to a railway preparing for Nationalisation. AFTER leaving England in 1940 and serving with the Worcestershire Regiment, Ron returned home after demobilisation in 1945 after four-and-a-half years away – and to a very different railway. The ‘Big Four’ had…
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Delivering a bigger, better railway for Scotland
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With new and refurbished trains on the way, a rolling programme of electrification, and a devolved Government committed to further expansion, Scotland is showing other regions of the UK how to deliver a better railway. Ben Jones met ScotRail Alliance MD Alex Hynes to find out what is in store for 2018 and beyond. New…
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General Manager Full Time Position – Weardale Railway
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We are looking for a General Manager who has commercial acumen, with a can-do attitude, who will take responsibility for getting jobs done.
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The Joy of Railways: Remembering the golden age of trainspotting
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Journey back to the 1950s and ’60s with this nostalgic look at Britain’s railways in their glory days. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a unique collection of photographs, train spotting notebooks and railway ephemera.
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The Worcester Locomotive Society
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Rex Kennedy, a former member of the Worcester Locomotive Society, recalls long days and amusing stories from when the WLS ran regular coach trips.
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The COVID Conundrum
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Editor Mark Nicholls ponders the serious issues surrounding coronavirus and the UK’s railways, in particular what can be done to bring passengers back.
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Water troughs: Simple, revolutionary invention for long-distance rail travel
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It was a relatively simple invention yet it revolutionised long-distance train travel for more than a century.
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Restoring Falling Sands
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The Severn Valley Railway has undertaken a vast job in making repairs to the Falling Sands Viaduct, as Editor Mark Nicholls explains.
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East Coast HST finale
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After a remarkable 41 years of service, the HST is due to be taken out of use on the East Coast Main Line by its main franchisee on December 31, 2019.
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163 years ago: Death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Young Isambard was not only to follow in his father’s footsteps as one of the greatest engineers of his day, but with his big railway from London to Bristol, and the seaward ‘extension’ by which steamships would continue the journey to New York, would soon eclipse his fame.
