The great western railway’s hall names the near, the far, and the who knows where?

The Greatest Gathering at Derby on August 1-3 brings together a host of exhibits from the railway over the last 200 years, but there are more than 100 modern traction locos and multiple units alone, a

ABOVE: The 1990s were a colourful time with the last of the Trainload liveries, the shadow freight colour schemes and the new privatised company liveries. On January 23, 1996, Loadhaul 37517 leads Tra

Locomotive sheds go back to the railways’ earliest days; thus many have never been seen in an illustration of some kind; we know only of their existence from company records and in many cases, luckily

On Saturday, May 17, Talisman Railwayana Auctions held its latest live auction. Steam nameplates: Trinidad (45634), £4800; Repulse with worksplate (45725), £4500; Persimmon (60050), £4400; and Pyrland

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

12099 – Kidderminster: The Class 11 was taken out of service in 2019 for overhaul. Since then it has received a thorough internal and external makeover from bufferbeam to bufferbeam by the dedicated t