Features
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Feature | Re-creating Ivatt’s LMS diesel pioneer
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No. 10000 was withdrawn in 1963 and 10001 in 1966, and both were sent for scrapping in 1968.
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Heritage Explorer: Four lines in four days
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Last summer Robert Drysdale embarked on an 800-mile round trip to visit four heritage railways in four days using the national rail network and occasionally a local bus. His personal account provides some interesting observations and food for thought. On the morning of Friday, July 3, 2018, I arrived at Newark North Gate station to…
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Saving a main line railway: a remarkable achievement!
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50 years ago this year, the first seeds were sown in a bid to save a section of the Great Central Railway in Leicestershire. Graham Oliver, the railway’s former chief executive, recalls those early days of an embryo scheme which has subsequently blossomed into the country’s only double-track main line preserved railway. As 1968 progressed…
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LOCAL LOCO TRIALS: 1931 style
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In this month’s Practice & Performance, John Heaton FCILT recalls loco trials undertaken by the LMS to assess locomotive coal consumption in a bid to discover whether trains of lower overall weight could cut costs on lesser used lines. Any casual lineside observers on September 9, 1931 at Chellaston (some four miles from Derby on…
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Each a glimpse and gone for ever!
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Many years before W H Auden’s ‘Night Mail’, the rhythm of Robert Louis Stevenson’s celebrated 1885 children’s poem ‘From a Railway Carriage’ evoked the thrilling movement of a train. For me, though, it’s the final line that says it all. Since the demise of steam, so many fondly remembered locations along Britain’s railway system have…
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A complete ‘Devon Belle’ model at last!
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Hornby’s re-issued ‘Devon Belle’ observation car allows Ian Lamb to recreate the entire luxury train.
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Specialist in model railways: Frome Model Centre
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Specialist in Model railways from N to Garden Rail, We have you covered. Frome Model centre was established in 1986 run by the same family now with Luke England at the helm situated in the historic town of Frome in the beautiful county of Somerset it offers something for every modeller. With years of experience…
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Feature | Spotlight on Les Nixon’s 70 years behind the lens
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He took his first train photograph in 1949 and is still active on the lineside today.
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The Evans return to Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
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Heritage Railway magazine deputy editor returned ‘home’ to his native Mid Wales.
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Feature | Bleak winters on the Highland Line
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Ian Lamb shares the memories of the legendary Jimmy Gray, who passed away at 94.
