Great British Railway Firsts
Read Now The invention of the world’s first self-propelled railway locomotive in the form of Cornishman Richard Trevithick’s steam engine proved to be [...]
Darlington – The home of rail engineering in the north-east
Read Now It’s almost 200 years since the small town of Darlington emerged as the cradle for a rail industry that transformed travel [...]
Carrier Strike – US Naval Warfare in the Pacific
Read Now By the end of the day on December 6, 1941, the American Pacific fleet at Pearl Harbor lay shattered. In a [...]
Legendary Locomotives
Read Now There was a time when every ground-breaking or record-breaking feat by a new-type locomotive would see the footplate crew, designer and [...]
Alf Hagon
Read Now Born and bred in post-Second World War East London, former motorcycle speedway rider Alf Hagon began his career with battered scrapyard [...]
Severn Valley Railway – 50 Glorious Years
Read Now Carrying around 250,000 passengers a year, Severn Valley is one of the world’s most popular steam railways. Born from the conversations [...]
LMS: Steam Revival
Read Now The London Midland and Scottish Railway was the largest of the Big Four companies formed by the Grouping of Britain’s independent [...]
Mooneyes – The John Cooper story
Read Now Motorcycle racer John 'Moon Eyes' Cooper found fame and success during the golden age of road racing in the late 1960s [...]
Great Western Steam Revival
Read Now Brunswick green locomotives, with polished brass and copper, hauling chocolate and cream coaches on holiday expresses including the ‘Cornish Riviera Express’; [...]
Great Western Railway
Read Now There are many who state that the Great Western Railway came to an abrupt end on 1 January 1948, when the [...]