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Built to service banking locomotives for the punishing climb to Grayrigg, as well as motive power for the Kendal branch, construction of this former LNWR shed helped transform a sleepy rural hamlet into a thriving railway community.

LEFT: D1618, allocated to LMML (London Midland Region, Midland Lines) at Toton, is away from its usual operating sphere as it gingerly crosses a new bridge over what will become the M6. The train is o

For many readers, Waddon Marsh Halt will be totally unknown, even though it is not on a bucolic country branch line but within Greater London. I first encountered it when my great aunt, a truly lovely

One of the things I miss most from the current railway scene is our locomotive workshops. They were such fascinating places to visit, because they illustrated perfectly the life story of locomotives f

Whatever unofficial rivalry existed between Bradford and Leeds in the world of commerce, when it came to holiday destinations or a day by the sea, they each had their preferences. If you lived in Brad

When the Taff Vale Railway was formed, the company established its locomotive works and running shed at West Yard, Cardiff in 1840, near Bute Docks. The original one-road engine shed was replaced in 1