Heywood heyday recalled at perrygrove steam gala

A truly wonderful picture of 47593 Galloway Princess working 1Z34, the 12.32 Fort William-Crewe ‘Three Peaks Challenge’ support train, at Lochan a’Chlaidheimh, just north of Rannoch, on June 28. Out o

“I still chase women, but only downhill.” One of my favourite Bob Hope jokes (told when he was 70). The hilarious Road to... films, in which he starred with Bing Crosby and Dorothy Lamour, were requir

This issue’s 10 Pictures comes from railfreight follower and photographer Paul Shannon. Having spent his early childhood in Gloucestershire, Paul lived on the outskirts of Manchester from 1963 until 1

I do love the weather as hot as it’s been throughout most of July, but it does have one major drawback; I end up sleeping with the window open, which means I have the blind up a fraction, which in tur

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

What better way of celebrating both the Ffestiniog Railway’s 70th anniversary and ‘Railway 200’ than with an epic four-day gala culminating in a spectacular cavalcade? THOMAS BRIGHT finds out how the FR pulled off one of the events of the year.