In the Autumn of 1950 the future of the Talyllyn Railway was very much in doubt.
Read moreThe Last Haydn Jones Train commemoration
Tag: From the archive
The story of London’s little-known narrow gauge underground line
Heritage Railway visited the latest and most unusual tourist attraction to open in the capital.
Read moreHere’s what you didn’t know about Oliver Vaughan Snell Bulleid CBE
In 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
The 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 Golden Age of the ‘Big Four’
The 1930s were the golden age of the ‘Big Four’ railway companies, placing the country’s many diverse railway companies under government control.
Read moreRediscovered letter reveals Great Western Railway burned Charles Dickens’ Christmas turkey
A real-life Ghost of Christmas Past resurfaced at the National Railway Museum at York at Christmas.
Read moreThe Railway Magazine Archive: 120 years of rail history…
The 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 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 moreIn pictures: Railways during World War II
Here are a selection of World War II advertisements that appeared in The Railway Magazine in 1940.
Read moreA curious railway accident
A curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900.
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