Chasing the hsts part one: penzance to plymouth

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Railways Illustrated Magazine

30 May, 2023

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Living life in the past lane

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

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10 pictures

This issue’s Ten Pictures are from the various cameras of Dave McAlone, who’s been recording the railway scene since 1979. His first camera was a Zorki, manufactured in the USSR and an inferior copy o

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The swinging sixties

1M86, the 09.35 Glasgow Central-St Pancras, was the famous Up Thames Clyde Express and ran via the Glasgow Sou’ Western route, then the Settle and Carlisle line to Leeds, and then took the Midland Mai

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Is devon the cream of the crop?

RAIL’s Mystery Shopper heads to the South West to see what the services are like, and if passengers are getting a good deal

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Pathfinder goes out on a high

Last issue was a bit of a mare for me. I had heard the whisper that Pathfinder Railtours was going to announce it would end running trains, so I had this column written accordingly, and then… the anno

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Living life in the past lane

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The swinging sixties

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Is devon the cream of the crop?

RAIL’s Mystery Shopper heads to the South West to see what the services are like, and if passengers are getting a good deal