When sprinters left the starting blocks

There’s no escaping it. The issue with charter trains, and why they cost so much to run, is the lack of decent, suitable and accessible rolling stock. There is also a definite lack of really nice coac

PART 27: BR Class 142-144 ‘Pacers’

THE FIRST of 26 Class 158 two-car DMUs for East Midlands Railways has been unveiled after its refurbishment. Unit 158847 was shown off to the press and local stakeholders at an event at Nottingham on

There are many reasons why locomotives might be fitted with replacement engines to new designs. PIP DUNN looks at various projects and explains why they occurred

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

A START on the main line testing of GBRf’s new Stadler Class 99s, running under their own power, started on July 23 when 99001 worked 4Q90, the 21.50 Peterborough Yard-Doncaster Decoy Yard test train.