TONY STREETER examines how the railways conquered the globe… and continue to do so

After outlining the baseboard construction last month, Peter Marriott turns his attention to laying the track and installing a concrete apron on his new Cornish-themed layout.

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

An immersive, screen-based digital environment is streamlining the process of design planning for infrastructure projects. RICHARD WILCOCK reports

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What are the busiest rail freight corridors? It depends how you measure them, as PAUL CLIFTON finds out