When I started trainspotting in April 1981, it was at Berkswell Station, between Coventry and Birmingham International, and a five-mile bike ride from my home town of Kenilworth. I’d tried Tile Hill s

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Sixty years ago this month, on March 6 1966, the Western Region achieved two major goals with the end of both steam power and the Somerset & Dorset route – bringing a mighty era to a rather grubby end.

Preservation lost one of its greatest and most steadfast supporters and pioneers in February. DR JOHN SAGAR pays tribute.

Let me say straight away, from an early age I loved watching trains go by at my local station and soon became just as interested in the surrounding infrastructure. I loved how the whole system worked,

This substantial shed served the considerable freight needs of the Cumbrian port, with two heritage preservation attempts failing after its 1968 closure.