Intercity has an opportunity – but will it take it?

Pathfinder Railtours is facing a serious threat to its future after a series of poorly-selling trains combined with a mass of cancellations – sometimes because the trains were not breaking even and so

LEFT: D1618, allocated to LMML (London Midland Region, Midland Lines) at Toton, is away from its usual operating sphere as it gingerly crosses a new bridge over what will become the M6. The train is o

One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f

My wife is already commenting that it’s getting colder and hinting that the central heating needs to go on. My dog walks are getting earlier and earlier – yup, there’s no escaping it, autumn is here,

Two weeks of shuttles to run between Lancashire and Carlisle while a bridge over the M6 is replaced

D9537 – Wirksworth: An August working party started with giving the brake frame a second coat of grey oxide. The cooler group was also given a good degrease. Inside the loco, a start was made on scrap