HERITAGE RAILWAY ASSOCIATION CHIEF EXEC STEVE OATES TACKLES STEAM’S BURNING ISSUES.

This month’s 10 Pictures come from Leeds-based photographer Anthony Hicks, who has been taking images since the age of 12. Brought up in Leamington Spa, he inherited his love of railways, heritage and

GARY ESSEX looks at the railways that have successfully diversified their income streams, from contract work for main line operators to reinventing themselves as invaluable training sites.

The sole surviving ‘Dean Goods’, No. 2516, at ...

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Eyebrows were raised among the steam fraternity when the Watercress Line preserved a ‘Sprinter’ diesel multiple unit. Now the train has arrived at Ropley, MARK PEARCE delves deeper into what the move means for the future of heritage rail motive power.