The Class 507s were built by British Rail Engineering Limited at Holgate Road Works, York and first introduced in 1978. They are now set to be replaced by the Class 777 fleet. Mr Hampton acquired ...

The incident involving an ex-British Rail Class 50 locomotive named Indomitable occurred at around 6.30pm as a passenger train bound for Harman’s Cross and Swanage was running into Corfe Castle ...

There was a time when to take a British rail journey was to receive a ticket barely changed since Victorian times — a small cardboard rectangle printed with the destination through which the ...

The ex-British Rail Class 50 train derailed as a passenger train bound for Harman’s Cross and Swanage was running into Corfe Castle station. The partial derailment happened on the second day of ...

This course is a complete overview of the physical infrastructure assets that constitute a typical railway system, with particular focus on the rail infrastructure in the UK. These assets are in the ...

You might find this rare breed hiring – for example – their own rail car, or perhaps chartering the likes of the Royal Canadian Pacific or British Pullman. Some even buy their own carriage ...

A heritage train has derailed during an annual summer gala and beer festival. The ex-British Rail Class 50 locomotive was on the back of a six-carriage passenger train when it partially derailed ...

Labour’s renationalisation plans overlook the widespread deficiencies which plagued commuters the last time Britain’s rail network was in public hands, a Tory strategist has warned.

We’re long enough in the tooth to remember that passenger journeys declined by 33pc under British Rail, a trend that continued until the mid-1990s when new privatised train companies drove a ...

It also largely sidesteps the Thatcher years – an era that unwittingly mobilised a generation of working-class photographers. While Thatcherism understandably resurfaces in many conversations about ...

Introna, Arianna 2022. Autonomist Narratives of Disability in Modern Scottish Writing. p. 1. A History of British Working-Class Literature examines the rich contributions of working-class writers in ...