When ‘hot’ 37s ruled the highlands

When I started trainspotting in April 1981, it was at Berkswell Station, between Coventry and Birmingham International, and a five-mile bike ride from my home town of Kenilworth. I’d tried Tile Hill s

UK Railtours has announced a five-day landcruise to the Isle of Man, the ‘Manxman,’ for April 9-13, but also running alongside it are four days of Class 50 main line action, although not even UKR can

Sixty years ago this month, on March 6 1966, the Western Region achieved two major goals with the end of both steam power and the Somerset & Dorset route – bringing a mighty era to a rather grubby end.

The year 1982 was a good one for me. It was my third year of trainspotting and when I really ramped it up, with epic trips to Scotland, the North East, the London depots, and South Wales. These were t

The long-awaited passenger-carrying debut of battery-powered 230001 on the Greenford branch finally occurred on January 31, the set forming 2G02, the 05.30 West Ealing-Greenford, before working throug

DAVID JUKES mixes third-rail and overhead electrification for his chosen pick of EMUs past and present…