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From the archive: Bredgar’s little gem

21st May 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the archive

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,

Tragedy on the West Coast Main Line: Defining moment in level crossing use

14th May 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the archive

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.

From the archive: Engineering – South Devon Railway style

7th May 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the archive

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

The story of London’s little-known narrow gauge underground line

23rd April 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the archive, Narrow Gauge, Network, World

Heritage Railway visited the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.

Here’s what you didn’t know about Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE

22nd April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

In a historical review of locomotive engineers, Heritage Railway magazine highlights the career of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid – who passed away 50 years ago.

Lenin’s journey that shook the 20th century

13th April 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the archive

A century ago this April, revolutionary politician Lenin embarked on a circuitous eight-day rail journey from Switzerland to Russia.

The death of Sir Nigel Gresley

5th April 2020 Sam Hewitt Features, From the archive

The death of Sir Nigel Gresley at Hertford on April 5, deprived the railway mechanical engineering profession of one of its most distinguished personalities.

Three million passengers and counting…

18th March 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the archive

Sitting in the shadow of Snowdon in North Wales, Cliff Thomas tells the story of Llanberis Lake Railway, whose foundations stem from a former slate

Locomotive Icons: Incomparable ‘Pennsy Class’ ‘GG-1’

11th March 2020 Nigel Devereux Features, From the archive

Words: Robert Humm The incomparable ‘Pennsy Class’ ‘GG-1’ passenger locomotives were the apogee of electric traction development in the USA. Robert Humm relates their history

The Golden Age of the ‘Big Four’

10th March 2020 Shannon Butcher Features, From the archive

The 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.