Great success!

It was fantastic to see my article published in Rail on the 11th of February, I was very pleased with how the team at Rail had paginated and used my photos, the feature ran to 6 pages.

I am already well on to researching the second part and this will hopefully be published in the not too near distant future.

I was invited to see a little bit of history on Tuesday 10th February, when the first test train arrived at the site hauled by immaculate DRS Class 66, No 66431. It was fantastic to have access to the whole site with my camera as the "Shed" trundled up and down all the freshly laid sidings with a couple of containers in tow, testing and gauging all the trackwork. It was also great to see the smiles on the faces of the Telford & Wrekin Council project team who have worked so hard to make the terminal a reality.

I'm hoping some of my photos like the one above make it into the railway press, along with the short news item I produced. Both have already appeared on Ian Furniss's excellent http://www.wnxx.com/ site.

I also have other articles on different subjects in the pipeline with various railway magazines, so it's looking like I'm going to be busy along with the work I'm doing with Harper - bring it on!

Telford Railfreight Terminal Article in Rail Magazine

Next week an article I have written about the new Telford International Railfreight Park (www.tirfp.co.uk) will be published in Rail Magazine (Issue 611 on sale February 11th). Although I've had articles published before, this one is a more 'grown up' venture for me about railway business than just 'enthusiasm'.

I'm really looking forward to seeing it in print, along with the photos I have taken as the site has developed over the last two years. It's been a very interesting project to follow and I've had brilliant support and encouragement from Telford Council in putting it all together. They've benefited as well in that it's going to print at a time when they are looking to actively market the site - it's one those elusive win-win thingies!

I'm visiting the site again next week to begin producing the second part and hope it will lead to more work along these lines!