Gbrf names class 66 after former rail editor

The Greatest Gathering at Derby on August 1-3 brings together a host of exhibits from the railway over the last 200 years, but there are more than 100 modern traction locos and multiple units alone, a

In a special ceremony at its Peterborough depot on July 17, GB Railfreight officially showed off its brand-new Stadler Class 99 bi-mode locomotives to an audience of more than 250 stakeholders, staff

I do love the weather as hot as it’s been throughout most of July, but it does have one major drawback; I end up sleeping with the window open, which means I have the blind up a fraction, which in tur

Moving a 117-tonne Class 50 between railways, neither of which is main line-connected, calls for a specialist company. Allelys is just the ticket, as PIP DUNN discovers

Shock as Deltic runs without any headbords… in public! The Deltic Preservation Society has launched an investigation after one of its locos was seen hauling a train without a single headboard. The inc

This issue’s 10 Pictures comes from railfreight follower and photographer Paul Shannon. Having spent his early childhood in Gloucestershire, Paul lived on the outskirts of Manchester from 1963 until 1