Through the Sygnets, Matt’s interest in the railway quickly grew. By the age of 16 he was acting as a fireman on the engines, before training as a driver. Matt then did an apprenticeship with South ...
The Pennsylvania Railroad (PRR)’s T1 class is famous for many reasons: being enormous, being a duplex, possibly having beaten ...
On the eve of its destruction in 1936, Harry Brown was working at the Crystal Palace. What happened next has never been ...
UK burgundy passports started in 1988, following the European Community’s common format, and were phased out after Brexit, ...
After an ambitious six-year £650,000 restoration to full working order by the Swanage Railway Trust – and resplendent in its new 1890s Drummond passenger green livery - the 81-tonne T3 hauled its ...
AFTER their chance meeting on a late-night train, a couple have revealed they’re now making wedding plans. In November 2024, ...
"Let's face it, we're just not that into emotions," Brian tells me with a smile talking with other volunteers at a heritage ...
The peninsula's peculiar road layout is not the result of confused urban planners, but the result of a massive and disruptive ...
Angie Appleton is a clinical acupuncturist, but has also spent the last decade volunteering at Severn Valley Railway. The ...
Barnard Castle School in County Durham staged an immersive production of The Railway Children, with students performing among the audience on ...
Fancy a hi-tech European weight-loss retreat or a family-friendly spa that starts at under £100? Rosie Green sent testers to ...