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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…
Echoes of the glory days as locomotive-hauled trains return to the railway
Once upon a time, one of the most romantic sights on the railways was a glamorous locomotive at the head of a train, waiting to whisk its passengers off to some far-off destination. Gleaming paintwork, polished brass, often an evocative name, the locos and their numbers were often legendary, such as Mallard and No. 4472, the Flying Scotsman. Branch line engines also had a charm of their own – witness the enduring attraction of Thomas the Tank Engine or the ...more
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