1M86, the 09.35 Glasgow Central-St Pancras, was the famous Up Thames Clyde Express and ran via the Glasgow Sou’ Western route, then the Settle and Carlisle line to Leeds, and then took the Midland Mai

Being too young to go to Shildon in 1975, my railway hobby started with the Liverpool and Manchester Rocket 150 celebrations in May 1980. I have lasting memories of visiting Rainhill for the cavalcade

Last issue was a bit of a mare for me. I had heard the whisper that Pathfinder Railtours was going to announce it would end running trains, so I had this column written accordingly, and then… the anno

This issue’s Ten Pictures are from the various cameras of Dave McAlone, who’s been recording the railway scene since 1979. His first camera was a Zorki, manufactured in the USSR and an inferior copy o

THE SCOTTISH Railway Preservation Society secured another first by taking a train to Oban powered by a Class 40, with D213 Andania working from Carlisle to the west coast port on September 27. The ‘Ob

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