Towards the end of the 19th century, the term chief mechanical engineer was beginning to catch on in favour of locomotive superintendent, but as Brian Sharpe outlines, there were still big variations in the job
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A service is to be held to mark the 20th anniversary of the Paddington train crash which killed 31 people.
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Two rail workers were killed by a train while there was no official lookout in place, a report has found.
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Over six people a month are putting their lives at risk by walking across tracks at a level crossing in Grays.
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This week we cover Stephenson’s Rocket returning to the National Railway Museum, a senseless attack at a tube station in London, a Caledonian sleeper service strike and a UN report that claims hundreds of miles of coastal railways are at risk of flooding by 2100.
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Britain’s heritage railways are fighting for their future in the face of a Government crackdown on carbon emissions.
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A strategy for safe and biodiverse railway lineside across Britain has been announced by the Department for Transport (DfT).
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The autumn of 1967 saw the end of steam on the Eastern Region and at the great railway centre of Crewe.
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50 years ago, the last regular expresses hauled by pre-Nationalisation express steam engines ended; the LMS Jubilee’s last regular turns being on the Settle & Carlisle line.
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In his latest column, Don Benn describes the performance of Clan Line on December 20’s ‘Carols in Sherborne Abbey’ trip – and also February 2’s ‘Winter Cumbrian Mountain Express’ double-header of Mayflower and British India
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