Racing to the north

Have you ever thought, ‘I dodged a bullet there’? Well, for anyone who chose not to travel on the Branch Line Society’s ‘Tytherington Quarrier’ charter of July 12, you most certainly did. This was one

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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.

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At the heart of the Great Western Main Line, work is under way on a project that will form part of the government’s mission of reshaping how Britain’s railways are run. RICHARD WILCOCK learns more from DARYN MCCOMBE, the man leading the project