In the Autumn of 1950 the future of the Talyllyn Railway was very much in doubt.
Read moreThe Last Haydn Jones Train commemoration

In the Autumn of 1950 the future of the Talyllyn Railway was very much in doubt.
Read moreHeritage Railway visited the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.
Read moreIn a historical review of locomotive engineers, Heritage Railway magazine highlights the career of Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid – who passed away 50 years ago.
Read moreThe death of Sir Nigel Gresley at Hertford on April 5, deprived the railway mechanical engineering profession of one of its most distinguished personalities.
Read moreThe 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.
Read moreA real-life Ghost of Christmas Past resurfaced at the National Railway Museum at York at Christmas.
Read moreThe Railway Magazine’s entire archive has been scanned to give subscribers access to more than 120 years of Britain’s best-selling rail title.
Read moreAs 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 moreHere are a selection of World War II advertisements that appeared in The Railway Magazine in 1940.
Read moreA curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900.
Read moreDear Reader,
Unfortunately, due to circumstances out of our control with the printing/finishing of Heritage Railway issue 284, the latest issue is running two days behind schedule. We promise it will be worth the wait!
Many thanks,
The Heritage Railway Team