Flying Scotsman is one of the most famous locomotives of all time, here are some facts that you may not have heard about the locomotive.
Read moreSix things you may not know about Flying Scotsman
Category: Steam
160 years since the death of Robert Stephenson
This weekend marks 160 years since the death of Robert Stephenson, one of the greatest railway and civil engineers of all time.
Read moreFive things you may not know about the Big Boy
Here’s five things you perhaps didn’t know about the Union Pacific Railroad Big Boy 4-8-8-4…
Read moreFrom the Archive: Didcot’s LNER double act!
Flying Scotsman’s first appearance at Didcot Railway Centre since 2005 and a guest appearance by another Gresley masterpiece, A4 No. 60009 Union of South Africa, brought in 6000 visitors over the August bank holiday weekend,
Read moreSandstone: “Where mountains meet the stars”
John Titlow visited this year’s International Sandstone Festival, which was set to be the biggest 2ft gauge event ever held in the southern hemisphere.
Read moreArchive: Open day at Barrow Hill
As printed from the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine, take a look at this story by Peter A Hogarth about the Barrow Hill roundhouse.
Read moreFrom the archive: Midlands remembers Southern steam 50
Commemorations marking the 50th anniversary of the end of steam on the Southern Region continue to capture the public imagination.
Read moreSteam lines face double threat in crackdown on coal-burning
Britain’s heritage railways are fighting for their future in the face of a Government crackdown on carbon emissions.
Read more‘Trackbashing’ special to run over Dartmouth line for charity
47 years after the Paignton to Kingswear branch was sold to Dart Valley Railway plc, the ‘big railway’ will be running a train over it again.
Read moreISSUE 257 ON SALE NOW!
Britain’s Top 20 Seaside Railways! Swanage SOS for more crew! Newest loco makes British debut! Issue 257 of Heritage Railway magazine has got the lot!
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