A small ceremony at London’s Marylebone station on Saturday, February 24, 1996, marked the start of privatisation for British railfreight. That was the moment when Wisconsin Central, led by the charis

As 2025 draws to a conclusion, it’s time to look back at another varied year on Britain’s railways, and, as ever, there have been many developments, not all for the better, but plenty of good news as

BARRING ANY unforeseen changes, December 13 was the last day of HST operation on the Western Region after 49 years of use when Great Western Railway ended its use of its Castle Class 2+4 HSTs. The tra

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

AFTER A press and stakeholder unveiling on November 20, East Midlands Railway put its first Class 810 Hitachi AT300 unit into passenger service on December 3 when 810010 worked 1C17, the 07.00 Sheffie

THE DELTIC Preservation Society has returned a fully overhauled Napier 18-25 engine into 55009 Alycidon on November 17 and in doing so has achieved two major milestones. First is PU430 has worked succ