Pullman carriages of the caledonian railway and lms

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

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

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In the first 15 years of its life as a heritage line, steam on the West Somerset Railway underwent a remarkable transformation, from humble industrials to stars from the National Collection.

It was sometime in the early to mid-1960s when Sanquhar stationmaster Herbert James Wilson said to me “Douglas, come in and see this.” So, what was this? I was about to find out, and ‘this’ proved to

ABOVE: One of the classic locations on the Kyle of Lochalsh line is when the train passes Duncraig and heads towards Plockton, affording this wonderful view of Loch Carron, and on June 10, 1988, 37421