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VIDEO: Unboxing the Union Pacific ‘Big Boy’
This year sees the 150th anniversary since the ‘Pacific Railroad’ was finished, which linked the existing eastern US network with the Pacific coast at Omaha, Nebraska.
Read moreVIDEO: Unboxing Hornby’s Harry Potter modelling collection
Harry Potter continues to captivate one generation after another and now Hornby has created its own little piece of magic for fans.
Read moreOn the hunt: Class 40s
In an extract from his new book, Chasing Trains, Martin Buck recalls the lengths he went to tracking down his last ‘Whistlers’ for sight and haulage. A QUESTION I am often asked is: “Why Class
Read moreOn a roll to Royce’s
Tim Helme recounts some of the stress, strife and shenanigans on the diminutive Derby branch line to Sinfin from 1990 to date. THE Sinfin branch, which is accessed at Melbourne Junction about one-and-a-quarter miles south-west
Read moreClass 47s: Where are they now?
Gareth Bayer’s survey of surviving Class 47s looks at the preserved locomotives, including main line registered machines, other operational examples, and those stored, undergoing overhaul or restoration. THE preserved Class 47 fleet could be said
Read moreFive things you didn’t know about Apollo 11’s return
Rail enthusiast or not, it would take a lot to miss all of the coverage in recent news about the celebratory anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon.
Read moreThe death of Sir Nigel Gresley
The death of Sir Nigel Gresley at Hertford on April 5, deprived the railway mechanical engineering profession of one of its most distinguished personalities.
Read moreDistrict Line 150
Christopher Westcott looks back over the complicated history of London Underground’s District Line, which is celebrating 150 years of operation.
Read moreStrangers in town
A prominent feature of the privatised railway is the rich variety of liveries and colours applied by individual train operators, often at great expense, to its rolling stock.
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