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Michael Williams:
author & journalistMichael is a journalist, academic and author – writing, blogging and broadcasting on railways and the media. He is also a travel writer, having covered the world for a variety of publications. Read more…
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The Trains
Now DepartedMichael Williams’s newest book The Trains Now Departed: Sixteen Excursions into the Lost Delights of Britain’s Railways is published in May 2015. Find out about Michael’s other books, including ‘On the Slow Train’, ‘On the Slow Train Again’ and ‘Steaming to Victory’.
About Michael:
Michael is a journalist, academic and author – writing, blogging and broadcasting on railways and the media. He is also a travel writer, having covered the world for a variety of publications. Read more…
It's 50 years since steam ended – let's be thankful it never went away
IT'S 50 years ago this month that steam locomotives last ran in regular service on the main lines of British Railways. For me these were days filled with nostalgia as I spent my gap year of 1967-68 travelling the country on railrovers trying to ride behind the last remnants of steam before it disappeared. Back then, neither I nor my transpotting friends would have reckoned in our wildest dreams that main line steam would still be with us – thanks ...more
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