Feature Articles
A train of two halves
10 May 2012
From Thornton Junction in Fife, a Royal Scot took a train north while a K4 mogul took a train west. The passengers would eventually find themselves on opposite trains via a very devious route. Brian Sharpe reports on a new twist to the ‘Great Britain’ railtour story.
Winter steam with a main line legend
12 April 2012.
The longest serving steam locomotive in the world had a rare winter outing this year, which marks the 175th anniversary of the first railway in Austria. Dave and Ben Collier braved the elements to witness a unique spectacle.
Give Benelux a go!
15 March 2012.
Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg have a plethora of steam railways and heritage centres, but despite their close proximity to Britain, and nowadays being speedily accessible by Eurostar, very few of them are visited by UK enthusiasts. Ffestiniog Travel tour leader John Robson runs through the best of what is on offer and what is being missed.
Steaming back in the seventies - Preservation 1970-74
19 January 2012.
Those who thought that steam died when British Railways ran the ‘15 Guinea Special’ on 11 August 1968 could not have been more wrong.
The end of steam and a new beginning
22 December 2011.
At the end of 1964, there was one preserved standard gauge steam line; five years later, there were only two more; a grand total of 15 miles of heritage steam railway.
The sixties teenage revolution - Railway heritage 1960-64
1 September 2011.
In 1960, the last standard gauge main line steam locomotive rolled off the production line at Swindon Works.
The great beginning! Railway heritage 1940-1959
4 August 2011.
60 YEARS OF PRESERVATION - As we have seen, the idea of saving historic railway locomotives and stock for posterity began with the Canterbury & Whitstable Railway locomotive Invicta in 1839, and began a process which was stepped up as the end of main line steam appeared on the horizon.
Railway heritage: The first century 1839-1939
7 July 2011.
It is now 60 years since the pioneers who turned the Talyllyn Railway into the world’s first line run by volunteers held their inaugural meeting in a Birmingham hotel.
Sixty years on the railways
9 June 2011.
Aled Roberts drove steam trains in North Wales. George Smith tells the story of one man’s railway career
We’re as old as the new Welsh Highland!
12 May 2011.
Editor Robin Jones marks Heritage Railway’s 150th issue by looking back at the very first, which appeared in April 1999, and some of the big stories which broke then.
Current Issue: 10 May 2012
• Merchant Navy for West Coast
• Clan Line breaks Swanage ban
• Exiled steam trio back from USA
• Steel, Steam & Stars stunner
• ‘World’s finest’ model sells for £140k
• EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
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• WIN HORNBY LNER A4 with SOUND!
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• Next issue on sale: 7 June 2012
