Youth club

Writing in response to Dr Robin Coombes’ recent article on attracting young people to the heritage rail movement, Talyllyn Railway Young Members Group Secretary ALEX HANDO explains how the Talyllyn Railway is leading the way in recruiting and retaining young volunteers.

When Joanne Ormesher set off on her regular commute to her finance job in Preston back in September 2011, she came across something unexpected on the platform at Leyland Railway Station. “There was a

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

When I was aged 10, the farmers used to come round the schools to pick volunteers to work on the farms during the summer holidays, mainly to help bring in the harvest. The country was still building u

STAR LETTER Bringing back Bangladesh memories ...

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.