JOHN HILLIER, Secretary of the Railway Photographic Society, looks at the parallel journeys of the railway and railway photography

Spotlight on readers’ excellent images and how they captured them

Although born in Doncaster during the Second World War, Peter Fitton was brought up in the Fylde, hence his interest in the L&Y – his bedroom in St Annes overlooked the then main line to Blackpool Cen

John Wade looks at a past camera craze for the fashion-conscious photographer

John Wade considers…

TIM DUNN takes us on a journey through cinematic history - with the railway as the ultimate muse