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 ...

Strictly Bulleid Two is a three day event in Dorset celebrating the steam engines Eight steam engines will gather at a historic railway line, in a sight not seen in the south of England for more than ...

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Historic 61306 Mayflower steam train spotted in Herefordshire on Welsh Marches Express. See photos and learn about its British Railways heritage.

Sir Nigel Gresley, pictured at his desk in Doncaster, is to be celebrated in a new exhbition in the city The man behind world famous steam locomotives such as the Flying Scotsman is to be honoured in ...

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. Sign up for the top news stories every day to ...

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ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — Railroad buffs across the Atlantic are so enamored with a rare World War II locomotive on loan from the National Railroad Museum that one of them has offered a hefty sum to keep ...

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Green Bay's prized historic train engine is on its way back home. After a two-year hiatus at a museum in England, the locomotive named after President Dwight D. Eisenhower is being ...

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 ...

Eight steam engines will gather at a historic railway line, in a sight not seen in the south of England for more than 50 years. Most of the 1940s Bulleid Pacific class steam locomotives will chug ...