This month’s images are provided by Neil Scarlett, a West Yorkshire-based enthusiast. He says: “My earliest railway memories are as a 12-year-old watching grimy steam-hauled freights passing the botto

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

The long-awaited passenger-carrying debut of battery-powered 230001 on the Greenford branch finally occurred on January 31, the set forming 2G02, the 05.30 West Ealing-Greenford, before working throug

When I started trainspotting in April 1981, it was at Berkswell Station, between Coventry and Birmingham International, and a five-mile bike ride from my home town of Kenilworth. I’d tried Tile Hill s

Chiltern Railways introduced its first Mk. 5 set to passenger service on January 26, this taking over one of the diagrams previously worked by the Mk. 3 sets. Now officially dubbed Chiltern Explorers,

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING TODAY’S MAIN LINE CHARTER SCENE