The Railway Magazine
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Transport bosses deny claims £500m contract awarded to Spanish firm
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Transport bosses deny claims that a £500m contract to build new trains has been awarded to a Spanish firm ahead of a British plant 30 miles away.
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How These Five Locomotives Changed the World
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There are many locomotives which have shaped the modern world we live in and were known in every household up and down the country, inspiring generations to come.
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Engineer killed at Waterloo station working on moving walkway
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A man has died while working on a moving walkway at Waterloo station.
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The Lasting Legacy of Preservation’s ‘Mystery’ Man
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Peter Rampton – a man who spent a lifetime saving locomotives and reviving railways, but who remained an enigma to many.
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HS2’s controversial clearance of ancient woodland halted by government amid review
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Clearances of ancient woodland for HS2 must be stopped while the project is reviewed, Grant Shapps has announced.
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Operation ‘Javelin’
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Class 395 ‘Javelin’ charter trains have raised more than £125,000 for the Royal British Legion’s Poppy Appeal. With this year’s Remembrance Day only two months away, Doug Lindsay takes up the story. The history of these special charter trains, utilising Southeastern High Speed Class 395 ‘Javelin’ trains’, dates back to 2011, and followed a meeting…
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Country Railway Routes: Ambergate to Buxton
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By Vic Mitchell and Keith Smith MIDDLETON’S ever-expanding library of regional railway histories has found its way to the much-loved – and much-missed – Midland Railway (MR) main line between Ambergate and Buxton. Parts of the route remain open, with the section between Matlock and Rowsley occupied by Peak Rail, and efforts continue to reinstate…
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Bath Green Park: Historic station myths dispelled
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Mike Arlett clears up the still-perpetuated myth that the Midland Railway had first opened a branch line from Mangotsfield to a temporary terminus in Bath.
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Dinmore Manor makes it a Western 4-6-0 pair for Battlefield Line’s October gala
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LEICESTERSHIRE’S Battlefield Line has further cemented its reputation as an unofficial GWR outpost by securing a return visit from No. 7820 Dinmore Manor for its 50th anniversary gala on October 18-20. The ‘Manor’ becomes the second Western 4-6-0 confirmed for the event, joining ‘Modified Hall’ No. 6989 Wightwick Hall on its first post-restoration visit away…
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Oswestry group clears the way for Weston Wharf extension
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CAMBRIAN Heritage Railways (CHR) at Oswestry has successfully overcome one of the most significant hurdles standing in the way of it extending south towards its other site at Llynclys. Gasworks Bridge, which carries the B4579 road over the railway, has stood in the way of any potential extension ever since the CHR took on the…
