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🚦 𝗦𝗰𝗼𝘁𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗱'𝘀 𝗯𝗶𝗴𝗴𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗶𝗴𝗻𝗮𝗹𝗯𝗼𝘅! In October 1971, Motherwell's new signalling centre was taking shape, with plans to replace over 90 manual boxes. 🚂 Discover the original report & photographs from The Railway Magazine. 👉 Read therailwayhub.co.uk/74019/ra…

First steaming under the care of Driver Peter Layton at Delson Museum, Montreal, Quebec, Canada, on August 7, 1971 of the ‘John Molson’, a Japanese-built replica of Champlain & St. Lawrence Rail Road 2-2-2 of 1848. Photo by Tom Montgomery, courtesy Canadian Railroad Museum

🚂🕰️ 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀: 𝟭𝟵𝟱𝟬 The devastating 1948 floods closed the East Coast main line between Berwick and Dunbar for nearly 11 weeks. How was the damage repaired? 📖 Revisit the story from The Railway Magazine, October 1950. 👉 therailwayhub.co.uk/74004/ra…

🚂🕰️ 𝗠𝗶𝘅𝗲𝗱-𝗴𝗮𝘂𝗴𝗲 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆𝘀 𝗮𝘁 𝗕𝗮𝘁𝗵! From the October 1950 issue of The Railway Magazine, this archive photo shows a standard-gauge train on mixed-gauge track, around 60 years before publication. A fascinating glimpse of GWR history! #RailwayHistory

🚂🌺 𝗔 𝘀𝗽𝗲𝗰𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗥𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗿𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗟𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗲𝗻 𝗥𝗮𝗶𝗹𝘄𝗮𝘆 Free afternoon travel for veterans, serving personnel and cadets on 8 November. therailwayhub.co.uk/73998/ll…

Splendid day out yesterday, although a little on the windy side at Sheringham on the North Norfolk Railway PLC at Sheringham 🫶🚂 #TheRailwayHub #RailwayHeritage #SteamRailway #TrainEnthusiast #RailwayPhotography #TrainSpotting #BritishRailways #RailwayPreservation #Locomotive

🚂🕰️ 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗼 𝟭𝟵𝟲𝟳! How did British Railways detect dangerously hot axleboxes? A fascinating report from the March 1967 Railway Magazine reveals a new system being tested on the East Coast main line 👉 Read more at therailwayhub.co.uk/73974/ra… #RailwayHistory #BritishRail

#ThrowbackThursday The original building of the Glasgow Museum of Transport, formerly the paint shop of the Corporation’s Coplawhill Tramcar Works, with (right) 1937 “Coronation” class tramcar No. 1173 and (left) a horse-tram 🫶 Photo: Glasgow Museums & Art Galleries

🚂❤️ 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲𝘀𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗲𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗽𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗼𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲! The East Lancashire Railway has secured a portable defibrillator for use onboard its heritage trains. How will it work, and what's planned next? 👉 therailwayhub.co.uk/73964/ea… #TheRailwayHub #HeritageRailway

🚂🧽 𝗔 𝗰𝗮𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘀𝗵 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗼𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗼𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀! In March 1967, The Railway Magazine featured Class 37 No. D6805 going through the two-stage washing plant at Tinsley depot, Sheffield. Anyone remember it in action? 👇 📸 British Railways, Eastern Region #RailwayHistory

🚂 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗦𝗧𝗢𝗣: 𝗕𝗨𝗚𝗚𝗟𝗘𝗦𝗞𝗘𝗟𝗟𝗬! In 1937, a disused Hampshire railway station became the setting for Will Hay's Oh, Mr. Porter! Discover the original Railway Magazine article: therailwayhub.co.uk/73957/fr… #RailwayHistory #WillHay

🚂 𝗙𝗥𝗢𝗠 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟳 𝗔𝗥𝗖𝗛𝗜𝗩𝗘𝗦! LMS rebuilt ‘Claughton’ 4-6-0 No. 5910, ‘J. A. Bright’, on an Anglo-Scottish express at Dillicar Troughs. From the October 1937 issue of The Railway Magazine. #RailwayHub #LMS #SteamRailways

🚂 𝗔𝟰 𝗦𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠 𝗣𝗢𝗪𝗘𝗥 𝗜𝗡 𝟭𝟵𝟯𝟳! No. 4487 ‘Sea Eagle’ hauls the up ‘Junior Scotsman’ at Newark. These mighty locomotives could handle up to 25 coaches! 📸 RM Archives #RailwayHub #LNER #SteamRailways #RailwayHistory

#ThrowbackThursday ‘Baby Deltic’ No. D5903, in the distinctive Wilkes & Ashmore-designed livery which was unique to the fleet, passes Finsbury Park soon after entering service. Photo by Colin Marsden, October 1992 issue of The Railway Magazine

🚂 FROM THE 1983 ARCHIVES! C. Hamilton-Ellis recalls the Midland & South Western Junction Railway's North Express, accompanied by his own evocative painting of the train in 1915. Discover this fascinating railway story on The Railway Hub Website. #RailwayHistory #SteamRailways

Class “47/4” No. 47 579 “James Nightall GC”, heads the “East Anglian” (with headboard), 07.20 Yarmouth to Liverpool Street, at Ipswich East Suffolk Junction on August 10, 1982. The line to Lowestoft can be seen curving away right. Photo: G. R. Mortimer

🚂 FROM THE ARCHIVES: October 1982 saw the Queen Mother name Class 47 No. 47 541 at Aberdeen – before making an unexpected visit to the cab! Read Patrick Kingston's original January 1983 report on The Railway Hub Website #RailwayHistory #Class47

Erecting Shop, Stour Bay, Crewe Locomotive Works, L.M.S.R. Photo from The Railway Magazine issue archive, Sep/Oct 1945! #TheRailwayHub #RailwayHeritage #SteamRailway #TrainEnthusiast #RailwayPhotography #TrainSpotting #BritishRailways #RailwayPreservation