As 2025 draws to a conclusion, it’s time to look back at another varied year on Britain’s railways, and, as ever, there have been many developments, not all for the better, but plenty of good news as

The tie-up between UK Railtours and LSL to run its January 24 ‘Peak Blinder’ tour is an interesting development. Assuming all goes well, and there is no reason to wonder why it might not, it could hop

BARRING ANY unforeseen changes, December 13 was the last day of HST operation on the Western Region after 49 years of use when Great Western Railway ended its use of its Castle Class 2+4 HSTs. The tra

Happy New Year and welcome to the latest Railways Illustrated. I hope you all had a great festive period. I assume when you look back at 2025, it was a good year; at least we didn’t have a pandemic, b

THE FUEL tank on the Class 50 Alliance’s 50049 Defiance has been extensively cleaned, repaired and refitted to the loco at the Severn Valley Railway’s diesel depot at Kidderminster. The issues can be

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