Innovator responsible amongst other things for warm feet and hot footplates. . . . . . Born near Dundee in 1816, Archibald Sturrock...

How some historic locomotives escaped scrapping while others survived as replicas alongside the originals. . . . . . . . . In January...

George Jackson Churchward CBE, JP, M Inst C E, M I Mech E, (31st January 1857 to 19th December 1933) was born at Stoke Gabriel, Devon....

The Great Central Railway and Sir Edward Watkin. . . . . . . . When sitting down to write these posts, sometimes there is a dilemma...

Summary: The story of the late Horace Gamble, Leicester railway enthusiast. . . . . . Browsing through the latest railway literature to...

The Board of Trade Chief Inspector of Railways, Captain Henry Tyler presented his annual report for the previous year in 1874. During...

The continuing theme of railway pub signs in the Friends’ “Review” magazine reminded me about one example – “North Star”. This picture...

Summary: The life and times of the late Harry Walker. . . . . . . . Harry who? you might ask. I had the pleasure of recording an...

Railway signalling is perceived by many as a Cinderella subject but in the early 90's the National Railway Museum in York had a surfeit...