Railway Reflection No.7 – BP VICTORIA
When Basford Gasworks, Nottingham, opened in the 1840s, railway wagons were moved around by means…
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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…
From The Mersey With Love: The Story of Hovercraft Travel
During the late-1950s the aircraft manufacturer Saunders-Roe built and tested the first practical hovercraft, the…
Manchester United? Who Were They?
The story of how Manchester United were saved from going bust. How Manchester Central tried…
The Potters, the Pie Man & the Throne of Albania – Football History
Clive Hardy looks at how games in the 1890s, both involving Stoke (the Potters) and…
Sealed with a Kiss – England vs France 1920
European international football matches are for the captains to exchange pennants & shake hands before…
Big Bertha – Railway History
Big Bertha - the largest and most powerful engine designed and built by the Midland…