The privatisation years

One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f

LEFT: D1618, allocated to LMML (London Midland Region, Midland Lines) at Toton, is away from its usual operating sphere as it gingerly crosses a new bridge over what will become the M6. The train is o

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

27/8 – 150238 5V83 13.46 Wolverton-Exeter TMD. 6/9 – 150219 5V83 10.00 Wolverton-Exeter TMD. 10/9 – 156502 5S07 10.15 Wolverton-Corkerhill. 11/9 –156503 5H70 09.24 Corkerhill-Wolverton. 25/8 – 170102

GARETH DENNIS imagines how railways will look over the next four decades, after DAVID STUBBINGS starts with this decade‘s reforms

D9537 – Wirksworth: An August working party started with giving the brake frame a second coat of grey oxide. The cooler group was also given a good degrease. Inside the loco, a start was made on scrap