Author: Greg Morse

Although the railways werent the first type of mass holiday transport that prize goes to the steamships that preceded them they helped develop ma...

After the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britains railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered t...

For British Rail, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when bad jokes about sandwiches and pork pies often belied real achievements, like increasing ...

This is a portrait of a railway network that became beloved of the last generations lucky enough to experience mainline steam. The 1960s saw great ...

Under-maintained and over-worked during the Second World War, Britains railways emerged from the conflict carrying a poor bag of physical assets. Y...

For Britains railways, the 1970s was a time of contrasts, when gallows humour about British Rail sandwiches and delayed trains often overshadowed r...