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The good times are returning
It’s been a challenging few years for the Scottish Railway Preservation Society’s charter operations, but it has been working hard and is now coming through the other side. Pip Dunn finds out more.
Deal or no deal
Direct Rail Services has always been one of the most interesting freight operating companies over the years. After three decades in business, Pip Dunn looks back at the changing fleet it has operated.
And the winners are…
The Phoenix Railway Photographic Circle runs an annual photography competition, and these are the 2025 entries.
North to Thurso in the BR blue era
Paul Shannon presents a selection of images of operations on the Far North line from Inverness to Wick in the 1970s and 1980s, when Class 26s reigned supreme.
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