Features

Coal: The complete story from start to finish

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Alex Bestwick

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19th September 2023

Diminishing and ever more costly supplies of steam coal are threatening a major crisis in the heritage railway sector. A new book traces in depth the story of the fuel that fired the railway revolution, from early times to the present day.
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Britain’s Steam Locomotives: 100 of the best from Penydarren to Tornado

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Alex Bestwick

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19th September 2023

It is now over 200 years since the world’s first steam railway locomotive made its maiden voyage along a primitive plateway in South Wales – in 1804 Richard Trevithick’s high-pressure steam locomotive successfully hauled a loaded train a distance of nine miles at an average speed of two mph.
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From the archive: 50 not out

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Alex Bestwick

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15th September 2023

From The Railway Magazine, December 2010, Paul Bickerdyke looks at the Class 37 Golden Jubilee.
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Bachmann reveals plethora of models in summer announcement

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Arianne Davey

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8th September 2023

On August 2, Bachmann’s quarterly announcement and release schedule revealed an exciting mix of models across the manufacturer’s ranges and scales, due both imminently and over the coming months. With plenty to choose from, here are some of the highlights…
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From the archive: The pace quickens

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Alex Bestwick

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8th September 2023

An update on the progress of the Channel Tunnel by P. W. B. Semmens MA, C.Chem, FRSC, MBCS, MCIT from November 1990
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Brighton’s Electric Railway – The seaside line that sparked a transport revolution

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Robin Jones

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7th September 2023

To the untrained eye, Brighton’s Volk’s Electric Railway may appear to be just another seaside tramway, a relic from the
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Great Beeching Survivors

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Robin Jones

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6th September 2023

While banner-waving protestors who gathered outside stations on the last day of services on their local line may have felt
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From the archive: Harry Potter – How the rail scenes were filmed

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Alex Bestwick

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1st September 2023

This exclusive behind-the-scenes report by James Shuttleworth was first published in The Railway Magazine in January 2002.
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From the archive: Liverpool Street, Great Eastern Railway

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Alex Bestwick

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28th August 2023

By Scott Damant, General Manager’s Office, Great Eastern Railway. First published November 1899.
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From the archive: The Brighton Electrification

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Alex Bestwick

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21st August 2023

A Twenty-year Retrospect by P. H. S. Martin, first published in The Railway Magazine in January 1953.
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