Passenger trains finally return to the marston vale line

Have you ever thought, ‘I dodged a bullet there’? Well, for anyone who chose not to travel on the Branch Line Society’s ‘Tytherington Quarrier’ charter of July 12, you most certainly did. This was one

Variety is the spice of life, and the magazine in your hands has plenty of that, authors Colin Boocock, Jim Lindsay, Leonard Rogers, Roger Griffiths and Chris Watford taking us on a broad tour, not ju

Over the years, what notes I made at the time of my photography have disappeared, so I’ve been dependent on looking at my old photos, which have gradually brought back happy memories of 70-plus years

Shock as Deltic runs without any headbords… in public! The Deltic Preservation Society has launched an investigation after one of its locos was seen hauling a train without a single headboard. The inc

Devon debut for Coradias The first runs for a Class 175 in Devon took place on June 23, this seeing 175002 make four return trips between Plymouth and Newton Abbot, albeit operated by Rail Operations

ABOVE: The 1990s were a colourful time with the last of the Trainload liveries, the shadow freight colour schemes and the new privatised company liveries. On January 23, 1996, Loadhaul 37517 leads Tra