The freezing, wet snow and blizzard conditions of the 'Bomb Cyclone' required the crew to stop at every switch to ensure they were clean and functional.
During WW II, in Great Britain also women took over the work of the absent railroaders. A reenacted scene by TimeLine Events at the steam depot of the Great Western Railway in Didcot, with 0-6-0 p... (more)
It's time to say goodbye. Nightly 1950' scene at Loughborough Central station on the Great Central Railway (GCR). The station was opened by the Great Central Railway on 15 March 1899, built to the... (more)
Once upon a time in the Didcot depot of the Great Western Railway. 4-6-0 steamlocomotive # 6998 "Burton Agnes Hall", built in 1949 at Swindon Works, revived to life during a photo night ... (more)