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This issue’s 10 Pictures comes from railfreight follower and photographer Paul Shannon. Having spent his early childhood in Gloucestershire, Paul lived on the outskirts of Manchester from 1963 until 1

A truly wonderful picture of 47593 Galloway Princess working 1Z34, the 12.32 Fort William-Crewe ‘Three Peaks Challenge’ support train, at Lochan a’Chlaidheimh, just north of Rannoch, on June 28. Out o

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

Ffestiniog – a jewel in the crown

The Ffestiniog Railway has accomplished much during its seven decades in preservation. Here is a timeline of its key milestones.

What better way of celebrating both the Ffestiniog Railway’s 70th anniversary and ‘Railway 200’ than with an epic four-day gala culminating in a spectacular cavalcade? THOMAS BRIGHT finds out how the FR pulled off one of the events of the year.