When ALFRED FISHER took off on a mission to ride the Tollesbury Line in Essex in the early 1950s, he had no idea of the drama to follow…

1905-built GCR Suburban Third No. 799 (nearest the ...

Overhauls, restorations and running notes

If there is one principle that has been absolutely clear in railway preservation, it is that nearly anything is possible. Whether it has been facing daunting engineering challenges, restoring locomoti

ABOVE: Haymarket-based Class 40 D260 passes Falahill on Borthwick Bank on September 2, 1965, on the Waverley route as its heads south with a delightfully mixed freight for Carlisle. This line would cl

This small, two-road engine shed stood just south of Penrith station and saw its significance steeply decline from the mid-1950s onwards, until it shut in 1962.