BRITAIN'S LEADING HISTORICAL RAILWAY JOURNAL

February 2025 Journal

In Hampshire again - three colour pages of steam at locations around Bournemouth and Southampton along with the Hayling Island branch.

Eleventh-Hour Steam Running - Steve Leyland records some stirring locomotive performances between Bolton, Wigan and Liverpool and the closing years of steam.

Moorgate: 28th February 1975 - Stephen Roberts reflects on the Moorgate disaster on the London Underground 40 years on.

Army Diesels at Bicester - a photo-feature by David Ratcliffe

How Four became One: Part Two - Simon Lilley concludes his account of the manufacturing companies at the heart of the electric locomotive building industry from the 1950s onwards.

The Duke Triumphant - Alistair F. Nisbet shows how who you were – the Duke of Argyll in this case – was important in opposing railway building plans.

Ten-Coupled - four pictorial pages featuring the BR Class 9F freight locomotives.

The Manchester Locomotive Society: 90 years of enthusiasm – Eddie Johnson relates the history of this eminent north west railway society.

From the South West of Scotland to the North East - archive photographs by John Spencer Gilks ranging from the 'Port Road' in Galloway to Fraserburgh in Aberdeenshire.

Waggons Roll! - Mike Buns reviews the rise and fall of five German-built rail buses built for BR in 1958.

Between Leicester and Rugby - colour photographs by Tommy Tomalin

How Ashford Works helped the Soviet war effort – John Chapman shows that while conflicts remain the blight of the world, allies may change.

Sleaford's Signal Boxes - visited and photographed by Peter Butler.