May 2026 edition of BackTrack out now!
Tribute to the High Speed Trains – three pages of colour making the end of these landmark trains on main line services.
Holmethorpe Sand – David J. Hayes looks at rail movements from this Surrey quarry during the 1970s and 80s.
Henry Alfred Ivatt: Through the eyes of C. S. Lake and others – Malcolm Cowtan looks at the life and work of this Great Northern Railway locomotive engineer.
Railways and the FA Cup Campaigns of Wolverhampton Wanderers – Paul Bowen follows the fortunes of the Wolves in 1889, 1896 and 1908.
Over or Under? Rails across the Humber – An overview of the various schemes to connect East Yorkshire with North Lincolnshire by Phil Mathison.
Eight wheels on the LMS – three eight-coupled freight locomotive classes in colour.
Rails in the Fells: Still – celebrating the survival of the Settle to Carlisle line in colour.
Daddy Long-Legs takes to the tracks – John Wade introduces The Brighton and Rottingdean Seashore Electric Railway.
JSG on the Somerset & Dorset 0 archive photographs from the John Spencer Gilks collection.
Saving the Settle –Carlisle Railway – David Joy looks at how England ’s highest main line survived to celebrate its 150th anniversary in May 2026.
The Wantage Tramway: Part One – Bruce Law describes a Berkshire railway byway.
The Charlestown Branch: Part Two – Alistair F. Nisbet concludes his account of this branch on the Firth of Forth.
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