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Not as un-railway as you might think. The world's best job - guiding what is, at 1.5 acres, arguably Britain's biggest model railway layout - is being recruited for. The 7.25" gauge Light Railway has carried over 1.2 million (full size) passengers in recent years, and running the Gauge 1 model...

Hullo. On Tuesday evening next week (2nd September, 6:10pm start) the BFI’s curator of documentary film (Steve Foxon - the chap who was behind the digitisation of the British Transport Films a few years ago, and son of railway film historian Rob Foxon) and I have been allowed to screen TWO...

...which, from memory, was filmed down the central aisle of a few carriages, was hugely positive and confident in its welcoming of folk back to the railway? I think there was a bloke with a beard - maybe a guard - doing the narration. I had thought it was Scotrail, but I can't find any...

I can't think of any others (top of my head) - but does anyone know exactly why the clock on Platform 1 has the 24 hour clock on it? How old the clock is I don't know; it's poss the non-roman numerals were added later as they are in Gill Sans type.

As noted in another thread, Series 3 has started this week. We're always keen to hear whether what you liked or would like to see in future; audience feedback has been very important in shaping what we do. These were all filmed during winter lockdowns, so you may notice a few unusual situations...

Many years ago, the Rev Awdry and his brother George wrote up the history of Sodor's railways, people, and places. Wilbert made it into a lecture, touring the various early preservation societies. Later, notes were condensed into a now long out-of-print book. The Narrow Gauge Railway Museum at...

Hi all. I've come across this ad from 1984 for the BREL International Coach. It's based on the MkIII. But it doesn't look quite like the ones I see on Traintesting.com - there seem to be different access doors, and there's a significant under-body structure that the final version doesn't appear...