When I had last spent time in the area in August 1963, most passenger services and just a few longer distance freight trains had started to be diesel-hauled, with local freight trip working still a st

DAVID JUKES mixes third-rail and overhead electrification for his chosen pick of EMUs past and present…

The effects of two years of storage delay the introduction of diesel multiple units in Devon and Cornwall

Heading south, a WD 2-8-0 passes Newburn Junction with loaded coal, circa 1967. The oldest of the two routes in view is coastal, dates back to 1840 and first ran across a wide expanse of water known a

Let me say straight away, from an early age I loved watching trains go by at my local station and soon became just as interested in the surrounding infrastructure. I loved how the whole system worked,

Transport Select Committee report on investment exposes years of inconsistency and uncertainty in key areas