Twilight of the ‘a3s’

On Saturday, June 23, 1962, our family visited York, a birthday treat for my younger brother and I, whose birthdays fell five days later and five days earlier, respectively. For this nine-year-old tra

20213 and 20165 run alongside the river Forth via a loaded MGR from Kincardine Power Station to Longannet Power Station on February 25, 1991. This was a short term and short distance (about two miles)

he British Transport Commission’s Modernisation of the Railway report was released on January 25, 1955, by its chairman, Sir Brian Robertson, and suggested a £1.24 billion spend on the railways to upd

Flying Scotsman receives attention in the shed ...

Following Flying Scotsman and Pendennis Castle ’s historic reunion at Didcot Railway Centre for the first time since 1989, THOMAS BRIGHT continues the definitive story of the last time these legendary locomotives came together, 36 years ago, in Western Australia.

This was not an all that well-patronised rail tour, but perhaps because of that, it was very enjoyable and very successful (in a way). It was a fine day for what proved to be the last steam working fr