Class 56s bow out with railtour ahead of rebuild into class 69s

D2767 – Bo’ness: One of just two surviving ex-BR North British Shunters, D2767, has recently moved under its own power for the first time in five years after repairs by a small team of volunteers were

TWO OF the biggest diesel events of the year were held on consecutive weekends at the Swanage Railway (May 8-11) and the Severn Valley Railway (May 15-18). Both saw crowds flock to ride behind a mix o

The future look of the Transport for Wales Class 153 fleet has begun to take shape with the creation of semi-permanent pairings, these featuring one fully accessible unit and one of the new Active Tra

Just a few days before the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) was due to run its April 19 track bashing tour around Ayrshire, it was advised by Network Rail that it couldn’t cover the Killoc

CHILTERN RAILWAYS will vastly increase the number of loco-hauled turns on the Marylebone to Birmingham/Stourbridge route once it finally rubber-stamps a deal to take 13 sets of Mk. 5 CAF coaches. The

Sadly, I never saw the prototype Deltic when it was working on either the West Coast or East Coast Main Lines between 1955 and 1961, but its performance led to an order being placed with English Elect