John whiteley remembers … class 40s on empty newspaper vans

I always used to regard Class 31s as Western or Eastern Region locos. I most strongly associate them with depots like Old Oak Common, Finsbury Park, Stratford, Immingham or Gateshead. They were famili

THE WAY WE WERE

This issue’s 10 Pictures comes from occasional Railways Illustrated contributor Chris Perkins. Born in the West Midlands, but now a longtime resident of the West Country, Chris was born in Birmingham

Sadly, I never saw the prototype Deltic when it was working on either the West Coast or East Coast Main Lines between 1955 and 1961, but its performance led to an order being placed with English Elect

If you have taken a photograph that tells ...

THE WAY WE WERE