Features
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The Joy of Railways: Remembering the golden age of trainspotting
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Journey back to the 1950s and ’60s with this nostalgic look at Britain’s railways in their glory days. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a unique collection of photographs, train spotting notebooks and railway ephemera.
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The Worcester Locomotive Society
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Rex Kennedy, a former member of the Worcester Locomotive Society, recalls long days and amusing stories from when the WLS ran regular coach trips.
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The COVID Conundrum
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Editor Mark Nicholls ponders the serious issues surrounding coronavirus and the UK’s railways, in particular what can be done to bring passengers back.
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Water troughs: Simple, revolutionary invention for long-distance rail travel
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It was a relatively simple invention yet it revolutionised long-distance train travel for more than a century.
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Restoring Falling Sands
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The Severn Valley Railway has undertaken a vast job in making repairs to the Falling Sands Viaduct, as Editor Mark Nicholls explains.
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East Coast HST finale
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After a remarkable 41 years of service, the HST is due to be taken out of use on the East Coast Main Line by its main franchisee on December 31, 2019.
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163 years ago: Death of Isambard Kingdom Brunel
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Young Isambard was not only to follow in his father’s footsteps as one of the greatest engineers of his day, but with his big railway from London to Bristol, and the seaward ‘extension’ by which steamships would continue the journey to New York, would soon eclipse his fame.
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The Aln Valley Railway – then and now
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Alan Barnes is a regular visitor to the North East. Here, he takes a look at the history of the Aln Valley Railway and its progress in extending one of Britain’s newest heritage lines, a project which has not had the easiest of starts. VERY little evidence remains of the railway lines which once served…
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CENTENARIAN CAMERAMAN: Ron Buckley – Britain’s Oldest Railway Photographer
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Chris Milner meets a railway photographer with a fascinating past, who took his first railway picture in the 1930s, but also spent more than 40 years employed by both the LMS and BR. Most of us hope for a long and fruitful life and for centenarian Ron Buckley that wish has certainly been the case.…
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PREVIEW | Darlington: Home of Rail Engineering in the North-East
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For a limited time only, you can read the digital version of Darlington, The Home of Rail Engineering in the North-East for just 99p.
