Features

From the archive: The failure of Bricklayers Arms as a passenger station

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Alex Bestwick

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24th July 2023

The fascinating story of the failed station, on the world’s first line to be controlled by a signal box, by Canon Reginald B. Fellows. Originally published in two parts in the July/August and September/October 1944 issues of The Railway Magazine.
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From the archive: The Seaham and Hartlepool Railway

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Alex Bestwick

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14th July 2023

This new branch of the North-Eastern Railway, which is now complete, runs across the east coast of Durham from Seaham Harbour to Hart Junction, situated four miles north of Hartlepool. Its course is 20ft, and the distance is half a mile from the cliffs, and from it the sea is visible practically all of the…
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From the archive: The death of Sir Nigel Gresley

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Alex Bestwick

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11th July 2023

Originally published in June 1941, the year of his death, this archive article reflects on the life and career of Sir Nigel Gresley.
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From the archive: The Glory Years of BR Steam

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Alex Bestwick

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4th July 2023

From The Railway Magazine, December 2005: At Nationalisation, the GWR feared it would lose its unique character, but as it turned out, those worries weren’t to be realised for more than a decade and the 1950s and early ‘60s thus proved to be the era of the ‘Great Western Region’!
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From the archive: Prototype ‘150’ unveiled

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Alex Bestwick

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27th June 2023

In September 1984, The Railway Magazine reported that British Railways’ ageing fleet of diesel multiple-units were to be replaced by modern vehicles.
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The Croydon Canal and its railway successors

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Alex Bestwick

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20th June 2023

Originally promoted as a canal, the railway to West Croydon has had five different methods of traction. This article by Edwaard Treby was first published in The Railway Magazine in October 1967.
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From the archive: The ‘Taliesin’ Project

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Alex Bestwick

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16th June 2023

The bold move to replace an important part of the Festiniog Railway’s history by building a single Fairlie locomotive is well on course, backed by an enthusiastic influx of funds. From The Railway Magazine, February 1990.
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Why Travel with PTG Tours

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Alex Bestwick

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13th June 2023

PTG is one of the very few rail holiday companies that are members of ABTA (Y2193) and ATOL bonded. ABTA […]
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Darjeeling Tours Ltd

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Alex Bestwick

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7th June 2023

The forthcoming season sees our popular ‘Indian Magic’ tour, covering all three of India’s Hill Railways, running as usual, and […]
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Holidays should be action-packed, entertaining and above all fun, agree, then read on:

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Alex Bestwick

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31st May 2023

Inside Track is a long established, independent, tour operator specialising in holidays with a nostalgic transport theme.
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