The 2024 steam railway award

This month’s 10 Pictures come from Richard Hargreaves. Born and still living in Telford, Richard inherited his dad’s interest in railways from an early age with family holidays providing the opportuni

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Nina Hossain presents RAIL ’s 2025 National ...

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

My wife is already commenting that it’s getting colder and hinting that the central heating needs to go on. My dog walks are getting earlier and earlier – yup, there’s no escaping it, autumn is here,

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