Keeping it in the family

D2767 – Bo’ness: One of just two surviving ex-BR North British Shunters, D2767, has recently moved under its own power for the first time in five years after repairs by a small team of volunteers were

Fifty years ago, BR allowed steam to run to Shildon under its own power for the big S&D 150 event. HOWARD JOHNSTON reveals that some invited engines – including National Collection ‘Battle of Britain’ Winston Churchill – didn’t make it.

GREG MORSE considers the incident at Nuneaton in June 1975 that claimed the lives of six people, and how the industry continues to focus on preventing any repeat

With Flying Scotsman and Pendennis Castle reuniting at Didcot Railway Centre for the first time in 36 years, THOMAS BRIGHT continues the definitive story of the last time these former rivals came together, in Western Australia in 1989.

June 2025 marks the 40th anniversary of the first Class 37/4s entering traffic. Four decades on, 13 of the 31 locos remain in use. I don’t want to go over too much of their early history as it’s been

Leaky Finders has grown in recent years, from being a new entrant in the world of heritage railway engineering to one of the ‘big names’ in this vital part of the preservation industry. Steam Railway finds out more.