The railway has been shaped by its people -from the early pioneers, through waves of immigration and women in wartime, to today’s diverse leaders. TONY STREETER reports

A REMARKABLE c1904 Opel Darracq is set to make its debut on the RM Sotheby’s London to Brighton Veteran Car Run on 2 November. Discovered stashed in the basement of a Hanover technical university in 1

Rolls-Royce has unveiled a special-edition Phantom described as the “most technically extraordinary car ever built” by the Goodwood maker, to mark the model’s centenary. Limited to 25 examples, the £2

Apart from dalliances with V8s (and begging an exception for a currently owned Ford twin-turbo V6), I’ve always had a preference for small road cars with simple engines. So why I should be seized by a

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The situation looks chaotic in this mid-Eighties dash for the Channel – but there are plenty of vehicles to keep classic car-spotters occupied