Trains & Railways: General Interest

The Age of Railways was an era of extraordinary change which utterly transformed every aspect of British life from trade and transpor...

The first cranes mounted on railway wheels were hand-operated, but by the mid-nineteenth century several builders had fitted steam engines and boil...

The permanent way is a principal feature of all railways, but is little explored. Jim Pikes illustrated history fills this gap in railway literatur...

Join Rex Conway on a remarkable steam-hauled journey on the Southern Region. Starting in the capital during the golden age of steam, we encounter p...