From the archive

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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From the archive: Cannon Street Station 1866-1966

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Alex Bestwick

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30th May 2023

Originally published in two parts in The Railway Magazine – August and September 1966
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From the archive: Fifty years a “King”

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Alex Bestwick

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23rd May 2023

In this article drawn from The Railway Magazine archive, K. S. Farr extols, at the time of its golden jubilee, the first of a great class.
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From the archives: Air raid damage and British non-stop runs in wartime

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Alex Bestwick

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16th May 2023

These images from the November/December 1942 edition reveal bomb damage in London and York
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From the archive: A curious railway accident

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Alex Bestwick

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12th May 2023

A curious railway accident, as reported in The Railway Magazine, March 1900.
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From the archive: Train indicators at Waterloo

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Alex Bestwick

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5th May 2023

Read this fascinating article from the January 1898 issue of The Railway Magazine, written by N. WILSON, then Superintendent of Line’s Department, L. & S.W.R.
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From the archive: Open day at Barrow Hill

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Alex Bestwick

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3rd May 2023

As printed from the January 1972 edition of The Railway Magazine, take a look at this story by Peter A Hogarth about the Barrow Hill roundhouse.
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Green machines at sixty

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Alex Bestwick

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2nd August 2022

Following the pictorial celebration of 60 years of British Railways’ Brush Type 4 , we once more delve into the Mortons Archive for a selection of images of the locos in their original two-tone BR green liveries.
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