Backtrack

Station roofs were regarded as one of the most important elements in the design of nineteenth century railway stations. In the descriptions of stations, reference is usually made to the style of the roof, the supporting intricate ironwork, the glazin

Shirebrook depot took pride in being acknowledged as part of the railway which did what it took to get the job done without recourse to disputes or undue interference. Clearly engaging in dangerously unsafe operating practices to achieve that was not

The Grand National was a national event from its earliest days and doubtless a cause of some of the earliest special race trains. It formed the highlight of the Liverpool Spring Meeting at Aintree, held on Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the big race

Rocket is one of the most famous and recognisable railway locomotives; its victory at Rainhill in October 1829 is seemingly well-known, so too its part in mortally injuring William Huskisson MP on the opening day of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway

Grievances in two towns on opposite sides of Calderdale were reaching new heights in early 1844. Both Halifax and Huddersfield felt deeply dismayed that they had been bypassed by the Manchester & Leeds Railway, completed on 1st March 1841, which stuc

There was nothing inevitable in the creation of the’ Big Four’. The only certainty after the centralised control of the First World War, with its benefits from the elimination of competition, was that there could be no return to the previous set-up.