Crowds turned out to watch a replica of a historic steam engine cross the oldest railway bridge still in use for trains in the world. Locomotion No 1 is recreating the first British passenger rail ...
There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...
The historic train journey that set the foundations for much of the modern age is being celebrated across the U.K. on the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. On Sept. 27, 1825, the first ...
19:33, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 Updated: 19:44, Mon, Aug 25, 2025 An American tourist has lifted the lid on her experience aboard one of the most traditional Great British experiences - a luxury steam train ...
ONE tiny town in the middle of the countryside changed travel in the UK and around the globe forever. Shildon in County ...
A steam engine which sounds like a “mythical Egyptian tomb" was re-discovered after it was thought to be lost to time. Now it has found a new resting place on the coast after an almost decade long ...
There’s no denying that while railroads have switched to diesel and electric as their primary power sources, there’s a certain allure to the age of steam. With that in mind, a group of Pennsylvania ...
Visitors will have the opportunity to see the famous engines 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley and 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair.
Voice recordings of one of Britain's most celebrated steam locomotive engineers are being sought as part of celebrations to ...
One American traveller has given her verdict of a luxury steam train trip to Bath, however there was one thing about the experience that had her online following stunned – the price of it. Influencer ...
This week it will be 200 years since what has often been described as the birth of the modern railway - when the Stockton to Darlington public line in north-east England became the world's first to ...