The RODS. – Railway Reflection No.16
ROD 2-8-0 63775 is pictured here thundering through Manchester Victoria, her headlamps indicating she is…
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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…
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 One That Nearly Got Away – Maritime History
During 1957, cinema goers in the UK were in for a treat with The One…
Railway Reflections No.10 – Penistone Viaduct
On Wednesday, 2 February 1916, driver George Lockwood and his fireman had brought the 1.40pm…
The Ball-bearing Runners
We’ve all heard of gun runners, drug runners, booze runners, ciggy runners, and so on.…
And Now for Something Completely Different – Railway Reflections No.9
Douglas Earle Marshall, Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent of the London Brighton & South Coast…
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…
Monte Carlo or Bust
On 17 November 1994, around 22 million people sat glued to their television sets as…