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At the beginning of the privatisation era of Britain's railways, there was a pause in new rolling stock deliveries. As a result, a handful ...
In 2009, Direct Rail Services (DRS) ordered a small fleet of locos designed to remain in service until at least 2036 and futureproof its core ...
The rise and fall of the state-owned British Rail, from "the greatest expert on British trains" Christian Wolmar
You think you know British Rail.
Stale ...
For as long as we could remember steam traction had been king on our railways. The resounding beat of exhaust from classic designs by Gresley ...
The Class 57 diesel locomotive was an outgrowth of the tremendously successful and iconic Class 47. Rebuilt from redundant Class 47s by Brush Traction at ...
In the early 1990s, the Waterloo to Exeter route was suffering many delays and problems due to the increasingly unreliable diesel locos being used at ...
At the turn of the millennium, a large percentage of the passenger services around London and the South East were operated by 'slam-door' Mark 1 ...
It is impossible to imagine London without the Tube: the beating heart of the city, the Underground shuttles over a billion passengers each year below ...
Extensive collection of images of the Class 47s. Images from around the UK. Part of the Britain's Railways Series. Class 47s have now been ...
The 100 years since the Irish Free State was set up in 1923 has seen enormous change, both in society and on the railways. The ...
Since World War Two, South Korea and Taiwan have expanded their respective railway networks to add modern high-speed and urban metro lines, and in the ...
Locomotives is the definitive photographic reference for the North American rail fan. It covers all mainline locomotive models built for North American railroads from the ...
At some time during ownership a train set crosses an arbitrary threshold and becomes a model railway. The aspiring modeller then has the challenge of ...
From best-selling railway expert, Julian Holland, explore Britain's historical railways in All Aboard.
The history of Britain's railways is a long and fascinating ...
