Future of uk’s last coal mine still hanging in the balance

Standing amid the stalactites and stalagmites in a massive cave, we could only imagine what it must have been like for Tommy and Jeff Morgan, the brothers who discovered this spectacular system way ba

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

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

There’s no escaping it. The issue with charter trains, and why they cost so much to run, is the lack of decent, suitable and accessible rolling stock. There is also a definite lack of really nice coac

RICHARD WILCOCK visits the Glasgow site with a proud past… and now a favourable future

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