In January 1960, Britain’s railways were once again battling one of their greatest recurring enemies: severe winter weather.
During the final decades of steam locomotive operation on British Railways keen amateur photographers captured fascinating footage of the end of an era This programme brings you some of these unique ...
The British Railways modernisation programme of the 1960s radically changed the rail network, and the British Transport Films unit and the TV news were there to capture it. Compiled here is never ...
After World War II, the low price of domestic coal meant steam trains continued to operate in the UK for two decades. But when the price of oil started to fall in the 1960s, and so-called ...
THE Wings & Wheels Society Dursley meeting on Thursday, January 8 was very well attended when Mike Smith gave a talk titled: The Railways of Sharpness. This pictorial show looked at the history of ...
Over the last 12 months, the West Somerset Railway welcomed a wide range of historic steam locomotives.