Trains of thought

Railway 200 has been quite the event for shining a light on the role that railways have played in shaping Britain since 1825. Given that the subject is so vast, we first looked at this in our May edit

When we are asked who invented the railways, we can confidently say we did – Britain. But precisely who was involved and how it all developed is a long story. By the end of the 18th century, the Indus

When Wayne Webb was searching for inspiration that would allow him to run both Western and Southern Region stock, a small station in North Devon proved the perfect subject.

When my mother announced that she was going to visit her sister in Saltford, a village on the eastern outskirts of Bristol, I jumped at the chance of accompanying her. This was in the spring of 1952,

RICHARD WILCOCK joins the thousands at Alstom’s Derby Litchurch Lane facility to celebrate 200 years of railway history

Whether you love the romance of rail, the thrill of the bullet train or the train-spotting buzz, September is all about celebrations to mark 200 years since the birth of rail travel