The building of the Elizabeth line, the biggest infrastructure project in Europe, has revealed a wealth of archaeological treasures. Artefacts from earlier times have...
Report by Colin Garratt of Milepost 92 1/2
Railfuture Scotland has proposed reopening more lines and 50 new stations, publishing ambitious plans designed to maximise...
The Olivier Award-winning stage version of Edith Nesbit’s ‘The Railway Children’ is set for further performances during school holidays this year at its purpose-built...
Today (30 January 2015) marks the 50th anniversary of the funeral of Winston Churchill.
The National Rail Museum will be displaying the locomotive 34051 ‘Winston...
Locomotives, Dominion of Canada and Dwight D Eisenhower, have departed Britain sailing from Liverpool for Halifax, Nova Scotia aboard the Atlantic Concert.
Both locos received a...
Every evening at 8 o’clock in Ypres in Belgium, four buglers from the town’s volunteer fire brigade assemble under the imposing Menin Gate. Passers...
Part 6: Sectorisation
This year sees the fiftieth anniversary of Richard Beeching’s ‘The Re-Shaping of British Railways’. Colin Garratt reports
2013 also sees the thirtieth anniversary...