Inside issue 55...

SIGNAL POST

The view from the front seat.

NEWS

The stories making the headlines.

SAVE OUR PIT!

Emergency appeal to save Foxfield Colliery before winter weather takes its final toll.

‘BELLE’ VIEW!

Final preparations are underway to make 2026 special for veteran SR Pullman EMU.

BACK AGAIN…

It’s been many decades since Blue Peter thrilled north of the border. Now, it’s back…

GIFFORD IN COLOUR

Famed steam-era photographer Colin Gifford returns with a new album… in colour!

WHY I VOLUNTEER...

Joseph Dean, Avon Valley trustee, guard, fundraiser and ‘vintage brand manager’…

CHIRK OF FATE

Two extraordinary moments in one day.

HOW COVID HELPED SANTA

Battlefield’s commercial director on why reducing its events calendar is better.

ONE-ZULU

The latest main line news and comment.

‘COFFEE’ BREAK

Great Eastern 0-4-0ST goes home to Liverpool Street for two days in steam.

GREAT ‘WESTERN’

Is it the back of Old Oak Common, or Laira in the mid-1970s? Lost moments in time.

VACATION STATION

What next for Sheringham station? Is its recent Grade II-Listing a blessing or a curse?

PRESERVING… THE PLANET

How to make our lines more environmentally friendly, and to pay for this.

ON A ROLL!

From Newcastle to King’s Cross and Adelaide. The strange story of an ‘A4 speedroll’

RUNNING LINES

TRACKSIDE’S round-up of all the latest news from railways and their societies.

STOP BLOCK

A little engine whose importance stretches way beyond its 8ft length.