THE Hatfield derailment of October 17, 2000 was a watershed moment for Britain’s railway, and most railway engineers around at the time would rather forget

THE Government has issued an invitation to tender to the five bidders hoping to build the initial fleet of trains for HS2. The winner will

FIFTY years ago saw the end of steam on British Railways, with the running of the famous 1T57 ‘Fifteen Guinea Special’ on August 11, 1968.

THE upheaval caused by the extent of timetable changes in May, which even now have still not been fully implemented by Northern and the Govia

THE competition to produce the definitive re-creation of the BR/Sulzer Type 2s in ‘OO’ gauge took a further twist at the beginning of July, with

THE National Railway Museum has begun a condition review of its entire diesel and electric fleet to decide the way forward for each of the

THE KWVR was one of the first standard gauge heritage lines in the country, running its first official trains on June 29, 1968 – a

FOUR-car EMU No. 710261 became the first of the class to be delivered to its new future home at Willesden depot, North London, when it