Rivas reunited

Following Flying Scotsman and Pendennis Castle ’s recent reunion for the first time in 36 years at Didcot, THOMAS BRIGHT concludes the story of how they last came together in Western Australia, and why it has taken nearly four decades to repeat the feat.

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

Have you ever thought, ‘I dodged a bullet there’? Well, for anyone who chose not to travel on the Branch Line Society’s ‘Tytherington Quarrier’ charter of July 12, you most certainly did. This was one

From third-class seats open to the elements, to the gold-plated interiors of Queen Victoria’s Royal Train, we mark this milestone anniversary with a nostalgic look through the ages

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