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 ...

It may not be a bullet train, but a steam locomotive made history this week as it became the first steam-driven train clocking 100 mph (161 km/h) on a British mainline track in over 50 years. On ...

The war in Ukraine has had an effect on many aspects of life all around the world. Inflation, especially in the price of coal, is jeopardizing the future of some of Britain’s living and breathing ...

I fell in love with railways when I was five years old. I would take a 13-hour journey from London, on a train called the Starlight Special, to see my grandparents in Fife. Steam engines were on the ...

It’s been more than two centuries since Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick showed off his railway invention in the Welsh mining town of Merthyr Tydfil, changing the world in the process. By ...

An austerity class saddle tank waiting to depart Havenstreet station While Network Rail and the National Rail Museum celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, the last county in England ...