Crowds flock to may big diesel events

Living up to its name and looking glorious, 50033 Glorious passes Bewdley South Signalbox on May 18 working the 12.40 Highley-Kidderminster. One of the stars of the Swanage gala was 45108, visiting fr

D2767 – Bo’ness: One of just two surviving ex-BR North British Shunters, D2767, has recently moved under its own power for the first time in five years after repairs by a small team of volunteers were

MORE EXHIBITS for display at the Rail 200 Greatest Gathering at Alstom’s Litchurch Lane factory in Derby on August 1-3 have been revealed by the organisers, with a host of extra heritage and main line

Just a few days before the Scottish Railway Preservation Society (SRPS) was due to run its April 19 track bashing tour around Ayrshire, it was advised by Network Rail that it couldn’t cover the Killoc

Fifty years ago, BR allowed steam to run to Shildon under its own power for the big S&D 150 event. HOWARD JOHNSTON reveals that some invited engines – including National Collection ‘Battle of Britain’ Winston Churchill – didn’t make it.

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING TODAY’S MAIN LINE CHARTER SCENE