The first visiting locomotive has been confirmed for the Severn Valley Railway's Spring Steam Gala. The BR 71000 Duke of ...

A set of 10 stamps features locomotives that helped shape the history of rail travel in Britain, including Locomotion No. 1, Rocket, Mallard and Evening Star. Sign up to our free newsletter today In ...

The Severn Valley Railway has announced a special guest locomotive for its spring steam gala. BR 71000 Duke of Gloucester will be the first visiting locomotive for the heritage railway's Spring Steam ...

Royal Mail is to issue a set of stamps celebrating the heritage of British steam locomotives and the pioneering development of the UK's railway network. A set of 10 stamps features locomotives that ...

Anonymous donor's £200,000 gift will enable work to start to bring engine back to life.

For rail fanatics, the network of tracks criss-crossing Britain hold a particular allure. Whether its London commuter trains connecting hills and cornfields to sprawling suburbs and bold skyscrapers — ...

Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...

Surprisingly, the weather 200 years ago obliged, with the Durham County Advertiser describing it as “propitious”, which is just as well given that the vast majority of the reported 533 train ...

THE STEAM LOCOMOTIVE ENERGY STORY: How These Locomotives Used Energy and What Was Done to Make Them More Efficient. By Walter Simpson. The Chesapeake & Ohio Historical Society, Inc. Hardcover, 144 ...

The Great Central Railway has announced some of the locomotives that will be on show at the four-day event ...