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Castlethorpe sits mid-way between London and Birmingham in the Buckinghamshire countryside on the West Coast main line just north of Wolverton. It witnessed the very beginnings of the railway age as t

We rarely have a plan for our campervan adventures, preferring instead to point our noses in a general direction of travel and play it by ear. This summer in the UK was no exception as we left our hom

GARY ESSEX looks at the railways that have successfully diversified their income streams, from contract work for main line operators to reinventing themselves as invaluable training sites.

I believe I accompanied my mother on two separate visits to see her sister who lived in Saltford, east of Bristol, and in May 1954, on the second visit, as I always started my rail journeys from the f

This month’s 10 Pictures come from Leeds-based photographer Anthony Hicks, who has been taking images since the age of 12. Brought up in Leamington Spa, he inherited his love of railways, heritage and