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

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

It was sometime in the early to mid-1960s when Sanquhar stationmaster Herbert James Wilson said to me “Douglas, come in and see this.” So, what was this? I was about to find out, and ‘this’ proved to

Only two power cars remain at Plymouth depot after final set with Mk 3 carriages moves to Mid-Norfolk Railway

Let me say straight away, from an early age I loved watching trains go by at my local station and soon became just as interested in the surrounding infrastructure. I loved how the whole system worked,

DAVID JUKES mixes third-rail and overhead electrification for his chosen pick of EMUs past and present…