Features
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The Dedicated Traveller
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The bell of the omnibus circuit phone rang just the once. That was how Arthur Platt in the signal box at Knottewithought Junction alerted the staff at the station that a stopping train was about to arrive. This time it was the branch train from Wempole, terminating at Knottewithought.
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The Railway Magazine’s editors meet for the 125th anniversary of the first issue
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This month marks 125 years since the first issue of The Railway Magazine was published in July 1897. In this special podcast episode, we reunite every living editor and the current deputy editor of The Railway Magazine to mark the occasion. Enjoy this hour-long discussion of the history of the magazine, the formative events it’s…
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Book of the Week: Railways and Recollections
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The Nostalgia Collection expands with this book from Will Adams, exploring from Hendon to St Pancras before electrification.
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Book of the Week: Young Railway Photographer of the Year 2022
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In 2018 the Rail Camera Club organised the ‘Rail Cameraman’ exhibition at Locomotion, Shildon, showcasing the work of the club’s members.
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Visit Ecclesbourne Valley Railway this month for mixed traction action
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The Ecclesbourne Valley Railway is hosting a showcase for home fleet of steam and diesel locomotives operating to a special timetable for June 17-19 weekend.
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Book of the Week: The Railway Magazine Archive 1930s
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The last great age of steam in Britain is revisited in this new collection of superb photographs from the extensive archive of the Railway Magazine.
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All change at the LTM
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Christopher Westcott talks to Wendy Neville, the former head of communications at the London Transport Museum, about how things changed during her 13 years there. Although unintended, Wendy Neville’s time as head of communications at the London Transport Museum has been framed by closure. When recruited in 2007, the Covent Garden-based museum was closed to…
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Summer 2022 at the Middy
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Suffolk’s only standard gauge preserved railway and winners of 2021 Heritage Railway Association’s Restoration Award, the ‘Middy’ will operate steam trains on summer Sundays and Bank Holidays until 4th September.
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Book of the Week: The Rise and Fall of King Coal
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This week’s Book of the Week tells the fascinating story of the UK’s ‘black diamonds’ from their origins to their role as the fuel that fired the Industrial Revolution: The Rise and Fall of King Coal…
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Book of the Week: Railways & Recollections: The Midland Mainland in London 1974-80
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The Midland Railway’s extension to London from Bedford to St Pancras opened fully on 1 October 1868 (local trains had run via St Pancras Tunnel to Moorgate from 13 July).
