Nothing Stays the Same – A tour of Railway Works, by Mike Corbett
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Nothing Stays the Same – A tour of Railway Works, by Mike Corbett
Just Like the Old Days
Just Like the Old Days
Des will present an historical photographic journey with images taken in recent years but which scenically could have been taken many years ago and he did
The 1968 Hixon Level Crossing Disaster
The 1968 Hixon Level Crossing Disaster
In this dreadful accident a huge articulated transporter lorry, carrying a 120-ton transformer slowly over the automatic level crossing at Hixon, was hit by a 500-ton express train travelling at about 75mph. It was truly a dramatic case of an irresistible force meeting an immovable object. The terrific impact not only destroyed the electric locomotive,…
The Narrow Gauge Railways of France
The Narrow Gauge Railways of France
Tony Bowles brings us another selection from The Restoration & Archiving Trust, this time comprising a mixture of colour and black & white photographs covering the narrow gauge lines in France that were still existed from the mid 1950s onwards, starting in Corsica & finishing on the Reseau Breton. For this virtual event, you will…