Manchester Victoria: From Industrial Gateway to Northern Hub, A Story of Resilience
Opened in 1844, this magnificent structure, once granted special permission for its royal name by…
Tag: Steam Trains
The RODS. – Railway Reflection No.16
ROD 2-8-0 63775 is pictured here thundering through Manchester Victoria, her headlamps indicating she is…
The Wanderer Returns – Railway Reflections No. 15
With the three images reproduced here, we step back in time to more than fifty…
A Sunny Day on the Worth Valley Railway
There’s something special about a sunny April afternoon, and our recent trip to the Keighley…
The Last Two Standing – Railway Reflections No12
It is Saturday 12 December 1964. According to Met Office records the weather for England…
The Last Passenger Train – Railway Bygones No.5
Passenger trains were rare on the Waterside branch line at Hadfield. In fact, there appear…
Railway Reflections No.10 – Penistone Viaduct
On Wednesday, 2 February 1916, driver George Lockwood and his fireman had brought the 1.40pm…
And Now for Something Completely Different – Railway Reflections No.9
Douglas Earle Marshall, Locomotive, Carriage & Wagon Superintendent of the London Brighton & South Coast…
Operation Pied Piper
During the early months of 1939, parents up and down the country received a letter…
Railway Reflection No.7 – BP VICTORIA
When Basford Gasworks, Nottingham, opened in the 1840s, railway wagons were moved around by means…
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…