Portfolio – Rail
I'm lucky enough to these days write about a subject I have had a passion for since the age of two...
Brazil in the Premier League
The return of a Sittingbourne & Kamsley veteran and a brief reunion with its sisters.
The return of a Sittingbourne & Kamsley veteran and a brief reunion with its sisters.
Bala at its Birth...
The earliest days of what is today a definite 'Hunslet Home' in north Wales.
The earliest days of what is today a definite 'Hunslet Home' in north Wales.
Narrow Gauge World, Jan-Feb 2022
Fairbourne Footplate
Learning to drive a locomotive that is not nearly as miniature as it's painted.
Learning to drive a locomotive that is not nearly as miniature as it's painted.
Narrow Gauge World, Nov-Dec 2021
Perennial Attraction
One of my 'Hunslet Homes' series, the chequered history of Bressingham Steam Museum.
One of my 'Hunslet Homes' series, the chequered history of Bressingham Steam Museum.
Narrow Gauge World, September 2021
Full Service history
Telling the story of the secondhand locos that worked in the Welsh quarries.
Telling the story of the secondhand locos that worked in the Welsh quarries.
Narrow Gauge World, May 2021
Adventures on the Austrian
An unnerving footplate experience, my first time on a very different locomotive.
An unnerving footplate experience, my first time on a very different locomotive.
Narrow Gauge World, October 2019
Enterprise in Eskdale
Profiling the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria,moving forward from a setback.
Profiling the Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway in Cumbria,moving forward from a setback.
Narrow Gauge World, Nov-Dec 2015
New faces with new ideas...
Two Welsh railways both gained new general managers, so I interviewed them both.
Two Welsh railways both gained new general managers, so I interviewed them both.
Narrow Gauge World, June 2015
Return of the War Veteran
The travels of the wartime loco that went from the Germans to Austria to Wales.
The travels of the wartime loco that went from the Germans to Austria to Wales.
Narrow Gauge World, Mar-Apr 2014
Bringing Lyn back to Lynton
A lost US locomotive from a Devon line is being recreated - the big project of the age.
A lost US locomotive from a Devon line is being recreated - the big project of the age.
Narrow Gauge World, Jan-Feb 2014
What a way to run a Railway
What happens when you leave an entire railway in the hands of journalists.
What happens when you leave an entire railway in the hands of journalists.
Narrow Gauge World, Jul-Aug 2013
Yours for £500
The iconic Hunslets of Dinorwic quarry virutally all survived. I described where they went.
The iconic Hunslets of Dinorwic quarry virutally all survived. I described where they went.
Narrow Gauge World, Mar-Apr 2013