The travails of getting to the end of a branch line

Long ago, well before the term ‘heritage railway’ was coined, railway enthusiasts delighted in the light railways of England with their charming and often sublime appeal. The first statutory use of th

It’s a lovely warm summer evening and I’m heading along the West Highland Line on a Mallaig-bound ScotRail service, worked by an active-travel Class 153 and a Class 156. My destination for this partic

PART TWO