It’s interesting then to hear of a brand new steam locomotive prototype being considered for revenue freight use on British metals. Is it yet another rebuild of a heritage design to be used for ...

Many of the trains and locomotives are British imports and have eroded ... to about 98 degrees which meant the engines would literally run out of steam and derail." Nowadays, most of the ...

Volunteers young and old have been stepping in to keep steam trains running at Didcot Railway Centre in Oxfordshire ahead of ...

The steam cylinder piston goes down under the pressure ... There are smaller beam engines such as one from Boulton and Watt that can be seen at the Kew Museum. The engine was built around the ...

Visitors to East Lancashire Railway have been given the opportunity to ride up and down the 12-and-a-half-mile (20km) ...

During British rule ... Initially, the academy provided training on steam locomotives built in 1908, continuing this practice until diesel engines were introduced in the 1930s.

Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam engines and the old red ...

Only 1500 of these steam engines were manufactured between 1936 - 1939, the company who made these steam engines is better known today as Mamod This Hobbies SE4 is part of a collection of steam ...

The Pakistan Railway Academy Walton, a historic institution known for its state-of-the-art railway training, is on the verge of completing 100 years.Established in 1929, it remains Pakistan's premier ...