The Fishguard Boat Express service on the Great Western Railway (GWR) between Fishguard Harbour in Wales and Rosslare in Ireland began in the early 1900s. The service was designed to provide a faster and more convenient way for passengers and goods to travel between the two countries. The first service operated between Fishguard and Rosslare…
The National Railway Museum’s historic Station Hall will close temporarily in the New Year to enable urgent structural repairs to take place as part of the museum’s ambitious redevelopment plans.
Steam nostalgia and railway history at its best. Steam Days is a monthly magazine dedicated to all steam railway enthusiasts. This issue, however, is a special one – the 400th issue!
Flying Scotsman – the world’s most famous steam locomotive – made its first appearance in a year-long national programme of events to mark its centenary today at London King’s Cross Station.
Three new railway titles are now available to buy on the Mortons Books website – Railwaymen of the Welsh Valleys 1914-1967 Vol 2; More Memories of a Didcot Apprentice; and Stratford Depot Locomotives in the Eighties and Nineties
