He’s electric

13 min read

It is now 15 years since preserved Class 86 AC electric locomotive 86259 Les Ross

This article is from...

Railways Illustrated Magazine

31 January 2023

Steam Days

London to glasgow city-to-city 175 years

The late 1830s and the 1840s was a period of intensive railway building, with the network expanding rapidly throughout the country, and a growing ambition was to create a through route from London to

Steam Railway

New-builds in focus

PART THREE

Rail

Much to admire… but pockets of neglect

Part two of PAUL BIGLAND’s All-Line Rover trip takes him to South Wales, then to England’s South Coast and onwards towards London, on trains battered by the elements… and teenage passengers