BRITAIN'S LEADING HISTORICAL RAILWAY JOURNAL

March 2025 Journal

Lost in Kent - colour spread on the Westerham and Hawkhurst branches on their closure in 1961.

Frederick Smith's Highland Railway 'River' Class - an appreciation by David Anderson

The Norwich Thorpe Railway Disaster - 1874 - investigated by Stephen Roberts

The Old and New Frodingham - a Lincolnshire depot during the steam/diesel changeover described by Brian Longbone

The Tower Subway - a crossing under the Thames described by Alistair F. Nisbet

Convening in Carlisle - four pages of 1960s colour from the Simon Lathlane Collection

Northern Viaducts in the News - Jeffrey Wells looks at six distinctive railway crossings.

The Origins and Building of the Mid Wales Railway - described by Paul Bowen

The Birkenhead Joint: The Hooton to West Kirby branch revisited: Part One -  a historical survey by Stan Yates

Irchester Railway Station - a Northamptonshire portrait by Peter Butler

The Last Post - three colour pages of mail trains by Gavin Morrison to mark the end of postal traffic

The 'Advent of Modernity' - By Rail to the Crystal Palace: Geoffrey Skelsey reviews the rise and fall of this famous London exhibition venue.