From dorset to scotland … and briefly back out again!

The first of two S&D sojourns with the Cotham Grammar Railway Society in 1965 was on Saturday, May 29, and organised by history teacher Mr Janes, who was undoubtedly a long-time railway enthusiast. Th

Railway photography for me is about two things: a record for capturing a point in time to preserve a memory and an art form to create a great-looking image. Sometimes for me that is to recreate an ess

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)

As I lay in bed each night, my mind wanders back through the decades to the summer Saturdays of 1965. As a senior citizen in my twilight years, I wonder, did it all really happen, or is it just a drea

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

Step back to 1965! That is your invite for this themed issue, which is something different for Steam Days, but still with a varied mix of features – Somerset & Dorset, the ‘Notts & Lincs Rail Tour,’ t