Category: Features

Bob Greenhalgh shares his experiences of 27 years of hands-on involvement with the Bala Lake Railway and describes what the line has to offer a would-bevolunteer. It started way back in 1991. I visited 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 railways as possible in a single day It was a

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 came about in the early days – leading to the

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 steam gala over the weekend of October 19-21. Crowds were

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 South Devon banks have always held a fascination for me,

October 19, 2018, will be indelibly etched in the annals of heritage railway history after the world’s first internal combustion-powered passenger vehicle gave its first rides in 88 years. NER petrol-electric autocar No. 3170 may