Thinking big

What makes the perfect heritage line? Stock? Scenery? Staff? Route? Ambience? TIM DUNN has a new element by which to rate a railway: self-reliance.

When we are asked who invented the railways, we can confidently say we did – Britain. But precisely who was involved and how it all developed is a long story. By the end of the 18th century, the Indus

PART ONE

In the beginning, God made many things, but He did not make railways; that was left to mankind. What kind of job did mankind do in the construction of the Glasgow & South Western Railway main line? Th

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

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