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Eastern Rail Services MD JAMES STEWARD tells JOE CAMPBELL that there is plenty of life remaining in older carriages

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

Through trains between Wrexham and Liverpool have been talked about for decades, but we’re now the closest we’ve ever come to it actually happening. CHRIS HOWE reports

The railway has been shaped by its people -from the early pioneers, through waves of immigration and women in wartime, to today’s diverse leaders. TONY STREETER reports

The growth in the ‘fleet’ of preserved ex-main line loco seems to have slowed down in recent years due to a number of factors: fewer locos becoming available, a possible saturation of the fleet, and d