Caerphilly castle – gwr centenarian

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

In the introduction to their 1967 David & Charles book The Cambrian Railways Volume 1: 1852-1888, Rex Christensen and R W Miller say that the Cambrian was in many ways a paradox – it was the largest o

LEFT: D1618, allocated to LMML (London Midland Region, Midland Lines) at Toton, is away from its usual operating sphere as it gingerly crosses a new bridge over what will become the M6. The train is o

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After decades of obscurity, a locomotive with a proud history is taking the limelight after a painstaking restoration completed almost without compromise by a devoted owner.

One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f