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…
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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…
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 No.10 – Penistone Viaduct
On Wednesday, 2 February 1916, driver George Lockwood and his fireman had brought the 1.40pm…
Manchester Victoria Station, A Journey Through Time
A Royal Beginning (1844) Manchester Victoria Station opened its doors on January 1, 1844, marking…
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…
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.6 – Welshpool & Llanfair Light Railway, Orion
Tubize or not Tubize, that is the question. It was certainly the question facing the…