Long freight trains regularly rumble through Brixton carrying fleets of shiny new cars, but the one seen last week seemed especially long.

Archive pictures and report of the Water Lane train crash, in Watford, 50 years ago tonight on January 23, 1975.

It’s interesting then to hear of a brand new steam locomotive prototype being considered for revenue freight use on British metals. Is it yet another rebuild of a heritage design to be used for ...