A Passion for Penrith

David Cross reveals how his father, Derek Cross, found the lure of Penrith irresistible – his very own ‘Crewe of Westmorland’ on a Summer Saturday.

Ellesmere – A Shropshire Country Junction, and the Oswestry to Whitchurch line

Stanley Jenkins delves into the coming of the railway to Ellesmere and the rise and fall of its mainline – the once important Cambrian Railways route that gave direct access to the L&NWR network.

Coal Traffic in Scotland

From the earliest days of the waggonways the prosperity of the steam railway has always been inextricably linked to the coal industry. Enjoy the spectacle of British Railways steam in charge of coal workings in Scotland.

Recollections of North Eastern Steam around Stockton-on-Tees and Norton Junction

Steam remained very much part of the railway scene in the North-East of England until the middle of 1967. David P. Williams, with the use of photographs that he took at the time, fondly recounts some of his memories from 1959 to 1962.