Alstom crewe’s latest milestone

ALSTOM IS opening its Polmadie depot, in south Glasgow, to the public on Sunday, October 12 to commemorate its 150th anniversary. The depot is currently the main base of the Caledonian Sleeper coachin

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

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

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

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

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