British Rail sandwiches, infinite pork pies and a Farmhouse Grill: A history of railway food From six courses of French cuisine to sandwiches that curled at the corners, what was really served in ...

How do you make the trains run on time? British Rail adopted TOPS, a computer system born of IBM’s SAGE defense project, along with work from Standford and Southern Pacific Railroad. Before TOPS, ...

Liverpool Road Station in Manchester now forms part of the Science and Industry Museum, its platforms silent but its ...

A “powerhouse of British engineering” should go down a storm with steam fans visiting one of the region’s popular heritage lines over coming weeks. The legendary No 60163 Tornado will be hauling ...