Cockatoo island:a different breed

To commemorate the forthcoming VJ Day 80th anniversary, Steam Railway explores a humble industrial locomotive that stands today as a memorial to the thousands of former Far East Prisoners of War.

Acres of gleaming brass, piercing whistles and history come alive: traction-engine rallies are a gloriously British summer celebration attended by hundreds of thousands of steam devotees, says James Hamilton

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

PLYMOUTH holds a unique place in history, mainly thanks to the perfect natural harbour where the River Tamar meets the sea. It was here the English fleet was at anchor, when Sir Francis Drake carried

Back to sea. Off to the end of land, away from the pastoral, the pretty order of serene lawns, blackbirds and cottages, farms and ploughed earth. The tide carried us back down the sheltered rivers of

Greg Manning sails his Fairey Atalanta from Arisaig in the West Highlands to the Isle of Skye in the Inner Hebrides