Trains & Railways: General Interest

No fewer than sixteen pre-grouping companies were represented within Cumbria''s borders, seven of these in Carlisle alone. To the east of the mount...

To most people InterCity means the network of trains linking the UK with London, but there is a far more interesting and often overlooked network t...

The last 15 years have seen many changes in Scotland's rail network, including the replacement of old rolling stock, an explosion of colourful live...

The years between 2006 and 2015 saw many changes in Central Scotland's railways with projects such as the rebuilding and reopening of the lines fro...

Produced annually by the team from Modern Railways - the leading monthly rail magazine, The Modern Railway 2021 offers a comprehensive review of th...

Thomas is going on holiday! Join the little blue engine as he travels around the country visiting favourite holid...

George and Robert Stephenson are well known names in the canon of railway history. Henry Booth (who designed Rockets boiler) was the worlds first r...

The 1970 merger of Northern Pacific; Great Northern; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; and Spokane, Portland & Seattle created a new super rail...

In the prelude to the privatisation of BR the Provincial Sector (later Regional Railways) became responsible for local / secondary train services a...

The Underground is the backbone of the city of London, a part of our identity. Its a network of shared experiences and visual memories, and most Lo...

Though the famous bullet train launched in 1964, many steam engines were still operational in Japan before withdrawal in 1975. These wonders of nar...

When London first applied as a contender to stage the 2012 Olympic Games, there was cynical speculation as to whether the transport infrastructure ...

The Midwestern state of Illinois, known as the Prairie State, is not known for its varied topography, but this mostly flat land was indeed very con...

Return to the era when rail blue ruled supreme on the railways of Britain, when a wide variety of British-built trains operated from the highlands ...

Rich in both ironstone and coal, the East Midlands historically enjoyed an intensive network of railways linking its major towns and cities, many o...

Long before Brexit, the Common Market and even the Commonwealth, Britannia truly did rule the waves. Perhaps more unsung is the fact that she also ...