Pullman carriages of the caledonian railway and lms

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

The year 1927 was a significant milestone for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway as it marked the introduction of the first of the Royal Scot 4-6-0s, which were built with some urgency to replace

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) acquired eight new 4-4-0 locomotives of class F (later LNER Class D40) in 1920/21. Six were built by the North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, in 1920,

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,

Scanning BR’s Scottish Region summer timetable for 1962 reveals how the face of the railway north of the border has changed over the past six decades

Strolling across the beautiful Grosvenor Gardens in the late 1950s/early 1960s, one was greeted by the imposing sight of the statue of General Ferdinand Foch, the Supreme Commander of the Allied Force