and the resulting prototype turbo-generator will replace the diesel engine in a redundant British Rail class 60 freight locomotive. It’s unclear whether it will incorporate a condenser ...

is comprised of repurposed former Caledonian Sleeper coaches – in classic 1950s British Rail “blood and custard” livery – and ...

As the UK prepares to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the world's first passenger railway, The Travel Show challenges Francis Bourgeois to travel from the southern coast of England to the ...

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 ...

Laid-up Catchers at Leith Harbour, 1950s This was taken one lunchtime ... follow the whale even if it dived below the surface. The British lads, who were on the catchers had to be able to ...

The British government engaged in complex negotiations with American presidents Eisenhower, Kennedy and Johnson though the 1950s and 60s. And behind the scenes men like Harold Macmillan ...