237: woodford halse to banbury

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

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

D9537 – Wirksworth: An August working party started with giving the brake frame a second coat of grey oxide. The cooler group was also given a good degrease. Inside the loco, a start was made on scrap

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Running east from Coaley Junction, the Dursley branch was a locally promoted railway created as the path taken by the Bristol & Gloucester Railway for its main line of 1844 bypassed communities in the

For many readers, Waddon Marsh Halt will be totally unknown, even though it is not on a bucolic country branch line but within Greater London. I first encountered it when my great aunt, a truly lovely