Railway Reflection No.3 – British Railways Beyer Garratt
The date is Sunday 23 March 1958 and railway enthusiasts visiting Crewe Locomotive Works were…
Tag: Steam Trains
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…
The Woodhead Tunnel
The Woodhead Tunnel is a historic railway tunnel located in the Longdendale valley of Derbyshire,…
Big Bertha – Railway History
Big Bertha - the largest and most powerful engine designed and built by the Midland…
Little Willie – Railway History
Discover our lost railway history, Little Willie, and the role Gorton played for this engine…
Back in the USSR – Gorton’s Steam Exports
The story of the biggest steam locomotive ever to be constructed in Europe.
Manchester Central Station – GMEX
Manchester Central Station, also known as Manchester Central Railway Station, today known as Manchester Central,…
British Rail in Steam at NCB Williamthorpe Colliery
Situated near Holmewood in North Derbyshire, NCB Williamthorpe Colliery in 1967 was the place where…
Ramsbottom Train Station – Heritage Railway & A Lost Train Station
Now the midpoint of the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), Ramsbottom Train Station is situated in…
Dartmouth Train Station – The Station with No Trains
Dartmouth Station has never been served by trains, and despite multiple plans during the 1850s…
The Home to the First-Ever Passenger Hovercraft Service – the Wirral
For a few brief months in 1962, the Wirral made history as the location of…