By Cedric Johns DESPITE the passing of the King’s Lynn-based railtour promoter Nigel Dobbing, his Railway Touring Company is operating as usual. Next year begins

I am a volunteer lampman at Eardington station on the Severn Valley Railway, where we have set up a small lamp room dedicated to the

Mike Huckfield shares his experience of organising a day out with a difference with a group of like-minded friends – to visit as many heritage

In the second part of his series about the dawn of steam, Brian Sharpe investigates the background to how the position of chief mechanical engineer

Gareth Evans reports on the Mid-Hants Railway’s three-day autumn steam gala, held between October 19-21. The weather was undoubtedly kind during the Mid-Hants Railway’s autumn

In his latest column, Don Benn compares the performance of Great Western and Southern steam locomotives on the South Devon banks hauling charter trains. The

By Peter Waller (hardback, Historic England, 302pp, £35, ISBN 978 1 84802 4762). BACK in the steam era, it was often said that the stationmaster

By John Hodge (hardback, Pen & Sword, 200pp, £30, ISBN 1526723832 The name Barry is synonymous with railway preservation. It was the home of the