Volunteers at the South Tynedale Railway Preservation Society in Cumbria, England, are working hard to raise funds so that they can restore MLR-740, a steam locomotive that they recently bought in an ...

AUDLEY End is home to family-favourite miniature railway that has been running for 60 years. It’s now announced a new ...

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 ...

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 ...

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them that ...

The famous steam locomotive will be in Dorset for 10 days in the autumn.

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 — ...

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 ...

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