Coals to newcastle

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

2025 marks 200 years since the birth of the modern railway, which gave millions of city-weary walkers a way to escape to the country.

The Ffestiniog Railway has accomplished much during its seven decades in preservation. Here is a timeline of its key milestones.

Side by side in the station at Alston ...

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Long-serving Ffestiniog Railway volunteer and current FR Magazine editor JOHN DOBSON recalls his early encounters with the railway back in the 1950s.