The “Friend” is the Great Western Railway (GWR) Automatic Train Control system. Known as ATC, it was first used on the Henley-on-Thames...

As a child familiar with red Underground trains, I remembered the excitement of seeing a steam train coming out of the tunnel into the...

During a spell working in Exeter in 1970, my daily route to work took me past the bronze equestrian statue of General Sir Redvers Buller...

The name “Toad” was the Great Western Railway (GWR) telegraphic code name for the goods train brake van. There was also the “Toadfit”...

Summary: The story of Dean and Dawson, travel agents, and Sheffield’s Royal Victoria Hotel. . . . . . It was a pleasant morning in the...