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 Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway has announced that an agreement is now in place that will see LMS Black 5 No.

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British startup Steamology has secured a contract to test its hydrogen-fueled steam traction system in a converted Freightliner Group (a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) freight locomotive. Funded ...

Rapido Trains UK has announced details of three new OO Gauge model ranges, including a pre-grouping era steam locomotive.

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, ...

Beneath vast mountains, across open moorland, and alongside shimmering locks, Scotland's Railways travel a landscape like no ...

WEST Somerset Railway is set to welcome a visit from a 'legendary' express steam locomotive train. The 'Sir Nigel Gresley' is returning to the heritage line in West Somerset just two months after it ...

There's no announcement over a tannoy — the Flying Scotsman simply rolls into the station with a dramatic billow of smoke as ...

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