Friends of the Rail Forum

Thanks for the warm welcome, John. I'm sure I'll learn a lot here. It's great to discover that there are so many steam rail fans around. I'm old enough to have many warm memories of journeys by steam train throughout my native Scotland. I miss the sound and smell of steam engines. Somehow, diesel ...

Hello Everybody, I'm working on a book set during the Ninth Frontier War (1878). It looks to me as if there was no rail connection at that time between the Midland and Eastern lines (starting from Port Elizabeth and East London). Is that right? Does anyone know when a coastal route connecting the ...