I enjoyed Mike Arlett’s articles on Bath Green Park in the August and September’s issues.  In particular, I was pleased to see the Ivo Peters’ photograph in the September article showing the departure of No. 568 on a Bournemouth train, and specifically No. 41902 preparing to leave on a local

Wortley Junction, west of Leeds, was a busy part of the network and had a complex layout. In an unorthodox Practice & Performance,  John Heaton FCILT recalls how the ’box was operated, as well as timings of workings on that route.  DUSK used to fall early on February afternoons in

THE railway industry is preparing to honour all those railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War at a special service in London next month. The service will be held at Southwark Cathedral on 6 November at 15.00, and is supported by Network Rail, the Rail Delivery Group,

THE railway industry is preparing to honour all those railwaymen who lost their lives in the First World War at a special service in London next month. The service will be held at Southwark Cathedral on 6 November at 15.00, and is supported by Network Rail, the Rail Delivery Group,

Adam Smith Institute says ‘scrap HS2’RIGHT WING think tank the Adam Smith Institute says the government should look again at HS2, after confirmation that the costs of the project are rising. The Institute says the money should be invested in alternative rail projects, including upgrades of the West Coast, East

AUSTRALIA’S most famous steam locomotive – ‘C38’ Pacific No. 3801 – steamed for the first time in more than a decade on September 16 as its protracted overhaul enters the ‘home straight’. It was a significant milestone for Transport Heritage New South Wales (THNSW) and the overhaul team at Eveleigh, coming

Thirty-one people lost their lives on Tuesday, October 5, 1999, when a Thames Trains Class 165 ‘Turbo’ collided with a First Great Western InterCity125 at a combined speed of 130mph at Ladbroke Grove, two miles from London Paddington. Fraser Pithie looks back 20 years to one of Britain’s worst post-Privatisation

Protests following HS2 ‘scrapping’ reportsA REPORT suggesting that the eastern spur of HS2 to the East Midlands and Yorkshire could be scrapped to reduce the costs of the whole scheme has been met by protests in the north of England. Transport secretary Grant Shapps admitted last month that the £55.7

GB Railfreight Class 66 No. 66788 was named Locomotion on September 21 as part of the celebrations to mark a decade and a half since the National Railway Museum opened its outstation in Shildon, County Durham. Bob Tiller, GBRf engineering director, said: “The work Locomotion does to showcase the history of

NETWORK Rail has submitted a planning application to City of Edinburgh Council for proposals to install a bridge walk and visitor hub at the Forth Bridge.  A generated image of the viewing platform and walkways on the south cantilever. NETWORK RAIL Under the plans, the public will be able to