Pathfinder confirms class 50s to aberdeen

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

J une 10, 1989. Another Network Day and there was only one thing on my mind – Class 50 mileage. Sadly, a week before, my favourite, 50039 Implacable, was condemned and joined other old faves on the sc

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

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

A RUNNING day for Hymek D7018 has been arranged at the Great Central Railway on November 22. The loco will then be used on the line’s annual New Year’s Eve trains on December 31 prior to a planned mov

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