Steam Nostalgia and Railway History at its best
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Alex Bestwick
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In this article drawn from The Railway Magazine archive, K. S. Farr extols, at the time of its golden jubilee, the first of a great class.
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As printed from the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine, take a look at this story by Peter A Hogarth about the Barrow Hill roundhouse.
Arianne Davey
Friday, February 24 marked 100 years since Flying Scotsman set off on its first journey from the sheds at Doncaster Works.
Flying Scotsman – the world’s most famous steam locomotive – made its first appearance in a year-long national programme of events to mark its centenary today at London King’s Cross Station.
Labour leader Sir Keir Starmer was questioned on whether he still intended to take railways back into public ownership.
Sam Hewitt
The Department for Transport (DfT) announced that Birmingham, Crewe, Derby, Doncaster, Newcastle-upon-Tyne and York are all in the running.
The Railway Magazine has this year reached the incredible milestone of 125 years of continuous publication.
Railway workers will go on a three-day strike over pay and jobs later this month.
Here are a selection of World War II advertisements that appeared in The Railway Magazine in 1940.
Darren Hendley
PATHFINDER Tours’ annual ‘Mazey Day Cornishman’ special from Solihull to Penzance via Oxford on June 25 has been cancelled. The tour operator made […]
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