Features
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From Ukraine with love? Railway photographer shadowed by the state
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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
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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
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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, and open once a month to the public. IT STARTED with a standard gauge engine that brothers Bill and David Best almost bought – yet it resulted in a charming…
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Tragedy on the West Coast Main Line: Defining moment in level crossing use
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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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Boris Johnson predicts “glorious future” for Llangollen Railway
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Prime minister Boris Johnson said in Parliament today that the Llangollen Railway (LR) has “a glorious future ahead.” It came on the same day the railway announced its Covid-19 appeal had received approximately £75,000 in share purchases and donations, helping to secure its future. Mr Johnson’s statement came after the LR’s local Westminster representative, Simon…
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From the archive: Engineering – South Devon Railway style
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Cliff Thomas visits Buckfastleigh and finds traditional skills and historic engineering machines at South Devon Railway are as relevant to railways today as they ever were. AT THE northern end of the South Devon Railway’s Buckfastleigh site, away from the public areas of the line’s many attractions, there are some outwardly innocuous looking buildings… but…
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The story of London’s little-known narrow gauge underground line
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Heritage Railway visited the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.
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Here’s what you didn’t know about Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE
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In a historical review of locomotive engineers, Heritage Railway magazine highlights the career of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid – who passed away 50 years ago.
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Lenin’s journey that shook the 20th century
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A century ago this April, revolutionary politician Lenin embarked on a circuitous eight-day rail journey from Switzerland to Russia.
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The death of Sir Nigel Gresley
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The death of Sir Nigel Gresley at Hertford on April 5, deprived the railway mechanical engineering profession of one of its most distinguished personalities.
