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

Quick game of car company word association? BMW: grilles. Jaecoo: Poundland. Morgan: wood. Whether you’re as old as the nearby Malvern Hills or not yet tall enough to see over those running board fron

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

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Apologies to author Chris Forrest for missing this late addition to his story as published in the December 2025 issue, this paragraph directly pertaining to the concluding photograph; page 63. The Edi