And Now for Something Completely Different – Railway Reflections No.9
Douglas Earle Marshall, Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent of the London Brighton & South Coast…
Author: Clive Hardy
Clive is our Transport and Railway writer, with years of experience he is a fount of knowledge on all things transport nostalgia.
Railway Reflection No8. – The Last Loco
In this case the last loco was not some last of its class high-performance main…
The Loss of the Arandora Star
The September 1939 mass evacuations of UK towns and cities under Operation Pied Piper is…
Operation Pied Piper
During the early months of 1939, parents up and down the country received a letter…
Monte Carlo or Bust
On 17 November 1994, around 22 million people sat glued to their television sets as…
Railway Reflection No.7 – BP VICTORIA
When Basford Gasworks, Nottingham, opened in the 1840s, railway wagons were moved around by means…
Railway Reflection No.6 – Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, Orion
Tubize or not Tubize, that is the question. It was certainly the question facing the…
Railway Reflection No.5 – The Great Britain II Rail Tour (Steam-Hauled)
For eight days during April 2009, railway enthusiasts and those perhaps keen to take a…
Railway Reflection No.4 – Beyer Peacock
This strange looking machine is a Wilkinson Patent 0-4-0 vertical boiler steam tram engine. It…
Railway Reflection No.3 – British Railways Beyer Garratt
The date is Sunday 23 March 1958 and railway enthusiasts visiting Crewe Locomotive Works were…
Railway Reflection No.2 – Central Wagon Co.
Until the late 1950s British Railways had cut up the majority of condemned locomotives at…
Railway Reflection No.1 – LMS 7217
When British Railways was formed it inherited around 20,000 steam locomotives of all shapes and…