This time of the year is traditionally quiet because many of the summer-only promoters don’t have much to say as they are working behind the scenes to announce programmes, probably sometime in Februar

Your guide to the galas, special events and main line railtours

Running a rail timetable relies on the right number of locos, coaches, and staff being fit and in the right place. But on a network the size and complexity of British Rail, sometimes – in fact, often

Everyone is now an expert on rail security… The one good thing to come out of the horrific stabbings on an LNER train at Huntingdon is that every MP and newspaper editor have suddenly become qualified

Results On October 3-5, Crewe Railwayana Auctions held its latest email/telephone auction. Steam nameplates: Brecon Castle (5023) £15,600, 602 Squadron with crest (34089) £12,500, Firth of Forth (7005

As the company gets ready to operate its final charter trains next month, PIP DUNN looks back over half a century of Pathfinder’s popular excursions covering the length and breadth of the UK network