A restored replica of Locomotion No 1 will return to the birthplace of railways to recreate its first famous journey. Tens of ...

Some people travelled long distances to view the train crossing the Skerne Bridge in Darlington, in what they described as a ...

Fifty years ago this summer, after being rescued by a group of steam enthusiasts and engineers, the Great Western heavy freight loco 2857 was undertaking a momentous journey from Woodham’s scrapyard, ...

A replica of a historic steam engine has completed a recreation of the maiden journey on the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S ...

Thousands are celebrating the 200th anniversary of the historic train journey that set the foundations for much of the modern age.

Steam turbine-powered locomotives never really caught on. Similar to gas turbine engines, steam turbines are efficient at certain rpm, and extremely inefficient at many others. At high speeds, they ...

A section of railway line ripped up in the 1960s has reopened after four years of work by volunteers. A procession of three ...