AS hotel names go, this one’s a little unusual. Across Church Street, where I’m standing in the Welsh Border town of Chirk, is the Hand Hotel. Parts of it date back to 1610, during the reign of James

From the often windswept north eastern corner of Scotland to the rugged Cornish coast, a new book showcases some striking disused railway structures, as ANDY COMFORT discovers

The year 1982 was a good one for me. It was my third year of trainspotting and when I really ramped it up, with epic trips to Scotland, the North East, the London depots, and South Wales. These were t

GET IN TOUCH Steam Railway, Media House, Lynchwood, ...

This month’s images are provided by Neil Scarlett, a West Yorkshire-based enthusiast. He says: “My earliest railway memories are as a 12-year-old watching grimy steam-hauled freights passing the botto

● THE CURRENT GOVERNMENT CAME to office ...