From the archive
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From the archive: Train indicators at Waterloo
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Read this fascinating article from the January 1898 issue of The Railway Magazine, written by N. WILSON, then Superintendent of Line’s Department, L. & S.W.R.
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From the archive: Open day at Barrow Hill
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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.
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Lion roars
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BR celebrated the 150th anniversary of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway opening with a number of events throughout 1980, including the ‘Rocket 150’ cavalcade at Rainhill in the May that featured replicas of Rainhill Trials locos Novelty, Sans Pareil and Rocket. Also taking part in that event was L&MR loco Lion – not a replica,…
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Green machines at sixty
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Following the pictorial celebration of 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 , we once more delve into the Mortons Archive for a selection of images of the locos in their original two-tone BR green liveries.
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The Last Haydn Jones Train commemoration
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In the Autumn of 1950 the future of the Talyllyn Railway was very much in doubt.
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Dinmore and more and more!
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The locomotives owned by Dinmore Manor Locomotive Ltd have earned themselves a reputation for reliability and good performance during their various spells in traffic. Yet their owning group retains a relatively low profile, conducting impressive feats largely ‘under the radar’. Gary Boyd-Hope went to meet them. ON June 7 last year Collett ‘Manor’ No. 7820…
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Centenarian cameraman: Ron Buckley – Britain’s Oldest Railway Photographer: Part Two
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Chris Milner concludes his interview with 100-year-old photographer Ron Buckley, who returned from wartime military service to a railway preparing for Nationalisation. AFTER leaving England in 1940 and serving with the Worcestershire Regiment, Ron returned home after demobilisation in 1945 after four-and-a-half years away – and to a very different railway. The ‘Big Four’ had…
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Delivering a bigger, better railway for Scotland
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With new and refurbished trains on the way, a rolling programme of electrification, and a devolved Government committed to further expansion, Scotland is showing other regions of the UK how to deliver a better railway. Ben Jones met ScotRail Alliance MD Alex Hynes to find out what is in store for 2018 and beyond. New…
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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.…
