TONY STREETER examines how the railways conquered the globe… and continue to do so

One of the features of the Severn Valley’s Autumn Galas is overnight running. The chance to see steam operating after dark draws many enthusiasts to the event. But what is involved behind the scenes in making this unique gala feature a reality? GARY ESSEX talks to some of the SVR volunteers involved in the event.

If you’re driving north, be careful of the reindeer,” said Father Christmas as I sat beside him at Santa Claus’s Main Post Office in Rovaniemi. “We have 230,000 reindeer here in Finland,” he said, “bu

The urge to create model trains can be traced back to the genesis of the real railway. George Dent examines how what was once a pastime of the affluent few became a mass-market hobby that endures to this day.

Winters are long and summers are short in the north of the Arctic Circle. Keith Allan joins Swan Hellenic’s Diana on a 10-day Norwegian odyssey, taking in ‘cod’s own country’

An all-day radio broadcast from a train travelling down the length of Britain (almost) from the Highlands of Scotland to London – that was how BBC Radio 3 celebrated the 200th anniversary, on Saturday