In the latest in our series examining the issues of operating special trains on the main line with heritage rolling stock, Andy Castledine looks at what the future is likely to hold for pathing –
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Category: Features
Unboxing of Hornby’s King George VI and Duchess of Hamilton
Here’s the latest unboxing of Hornby’s LMS Princess Class Locomotives, the Duchess of Hamilton and King George VI.
Read moreProject to re-create a D16/1 LMS 10000 after national appeal
No. 10000 was one of a pair of locomotives designed and built by the LMS and English Electric.
Read moreThrowback to a 1967 Cumbrian camping coach holiday
Trevor Gregg’s 1967 holiday included visits to Lostock Hall, Wigan Springs Branch, Crewe South and Birkenhead sheds.
Read moreGreat Steam Engineers of the 19th century: Part Four
In the 1850s, railway companies grew bigger through new construction and mergers.
Read moreLife in the Booking Office
Adam Carpenter shares his experiences of volunteering as a booking clerk and porter at the Epping Ongar Railway on the increasingly-popular Essex heritage line. My very first real railway memory involves heritage traction. In 1993,
Read moreLocomotive Performance | Then and Now
Don Benn describes the performance of Merchant Navy Pacific No. 35028 Clan Line.
Read moreThe Evans return to Ffestiniog & Welsh Highland Railways
Heritage Railway magazine deputy editor returned ‘home’ to his native Mid Wales.
Read moreGreat steam engineers of the nineteenth century: PART IIII
Brian Sharpe outlines how the role of the chief mechanical engineer developed during the 1840s.
Read moreGreat Steam Engineers of the Nineteenth Century: Part III
The 1830s saw the railway building mania accelerate dramatically.
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