The RODS. – Railway Reflection No.16
ROD 2-8-0 63775 is pictured here thundering through Manchester Victoria, her headlamps indicating she is…
Author: Clive Hardy
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The Wanderer Returns – Railway Reflections No. 15
With the three images reproduced here, we step back in time to more than fifty…
Mary Ann Britland – Queens of Crime No.1
On Monday, 9 August 1886, the hoisting of a black flag at Strangeways gaol informed…
Little ‘n’ Large – Railway Reflections No.14
Did you know that both the largest and the smallest steam locomotives operated by British…
For Export – Railway Reflections No13
The early 1950s were good for Britain’s commercial locomotive manufacturers. Their order bookswere healthy, with…
The Last Two Standing – Railway Reflections No12
It is Saturday 12 December 1964. According to Met Office records the weather for England…
Railway Reflections No11 – Wet Paint, No Problem
I took this image on Saturday 25 February 2006, when I was working the early…
The Last Passenger Train – Railway Bygones No.5
Passenger trains were rare on the Waterside branch line at Hadfield. In fact, there appear…
The One That Nearly Got Away – Maritime History
During 1957, cinema goers in the UK were in for a treat with The One…
The Admiral Scheer and Convoy HX 84
When convoy HX 84 assembled at Halifax, Nova Scotia during late October 1940, it comprised…
The Ball-bearing Runners
We’ve all heard of gun runners, drug runners, booze runners, ciggy runners, and so on.…
The Iron Man & the Stuff of Legend
You are going to be disappointed if you think this article might be a review…