The kitson-still

All aboard as JD Savage takes the fast track through 200 years of train travel.

Sitting just above my head on the bookcase behind my desk are the rusty remains of a Mamod steam car that I’ve had since I was 10 or 11 years old. I can’t recall if it was a birthday or Christmas pres

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.

EXPERT ANALYSIS OF THE ISSUES AFFECTING TODAY’S MAIN LINE CHARTER SCENE

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

Sadly, I never saw the prototype Deltic when it was working on either the West Coast or East Coast Main Lines between 1955 and 1961, but its performance led to an order being placed with English Elect