Features
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In the Cab: Southern
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In the first of a new series of features, Rail Express editor Mark Simmons sits down with Southern driver Andy Johnson to discover first-hand what it is like operating modern DC multiple units.
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TV show seeks sheds with star quality
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Is your shed filled with vintage vehicles and motoring memorabilia ripe for rescuing? If it is, the producers of popular TV show Shed & Buried would like to hear from you, because they are currently filming a new series, due out later this year.
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The Stourbridge Lion: The First Roar Of Steam… Stateside
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The United States is renowned as a world leader in technology, and sent the first manned space missions to the moon half a century ago. Yet the first steam railway locomotive to run in the US was built in Britain – at a foundry in the West Midlands.
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Book of the Week: Diesel Dawn 5
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Increasing affluence and a second-hand car allowed the author a geographical range previously denied to him and with various pals he embarked in the 1970s and 1980s on a number of expeditions.
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Six fantastic volunteering opportunities across UK railways
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Each of us can appreciate the amazing work of the staff who care for and run the UK’s many railway’s, from the popular heritage lines like North Yorkshire Moors Railway to the smaller, light railway’s like Sittingbourne & Kemsley.
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Book of the Week: Settle & Carlise Revival
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The Settle & Carlisle railway runs across the roof of England, reaching the highest point on any mainline railway in the country, and carries both passenger services and freight traffic.
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From the archive (1982): Westbury Signalbox “topped out”
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A NEW signalbox at Westbury, Wiltshire, which will control 144 miles of track and replace 12 lever-frame boxes was topped-out on December 9 by William Kent, Deputy General Manager of British Railways, Western Region. The ceremony, when Mr. Kent poured the last shovelful of concrete, was organised by contractors, A. Roberts (Civil Engineering) Limited, of…
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The Rocket Fleet
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How much further can a locomotive go in terms of acquiring ‘legendary’ status than having a succession of full-size replicas built?
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From the archive (1980): Portico for Posterity
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STONEWORK of the impressive former entrance building of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham, is being restored and cleaned as part of a six month programme of renovation under the direction of City of Birmingham Planning Department. The contractor, R. Bridgeman & Sons Limited (Lichfield-based member of the Linford Building Group), is replacing mouldings and making-good stone…
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Book of the Week: Model Railways Explained Beyond the Beginning
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My hobby has been model railways for many years since I was given a Tri-ang Princess Elizabeth train set for Christmas as an eight-year-old schoolboy.
