Haughley – a busy great eastern junction

ABOVE: On June 2, 1980, 20066 hauls a coal train from Markam Colliery formed of mineral wagons and hoppers at Barrow Hill, having just come off the line from Hall Lane Junction and Seymour Junction. C

Thousands of bus replacements during key element of the Transpennine Route Upgrade

Stood alone inside Derby Litchurch Lane at 07.30 on Saturday, August 2, day two of The Greatest Gathering, the biggest railway event in decades, it was eerily quiet. It wouldn’t be like this in 30, 60

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,

17/7 – 150231 5M57 08.44 Landore-Derby Litchurch Lane. 4/8 – 150213 5Z13 13.50 Cardiff Canton-Landore, withdrawn. 13/8 – 150257 5Z57 10.20 Cardiff Canton-Landore, withdrawn. 16/7 – 153914 5Z14 09.32 L

I’m a big fan of the Class 37/4 sub-class and I think this is for two reasons. The Class 37 is such an iconic and successful design, and the 37/4 conversion programme would extend the longevity of the