“Weighing in at 400 tons and standing 16 feet tall, the 765 is one of the most active historic steam locomotives still operating in the United States and a roving ambassador and teaching tool for ...

7029 Clun Castle with the Shakespeare Express at Stratford-Upon-Avon // Credit: Richard Potts Eight Shakespeare Express trains ran on the inaugural weekend, on Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June 1985, ...

The heritage railway attraction featured on an episode of the BBC's 'Great British Railway Journeys ... a 1959 diesel locomotive. Telford Steam Railway volunteers with Michael Portillo (in ...

An iconic British ... steam and grubby fingers.' The news comes as last year Network Rail issued a £40m tender document for companies to bid to fit 24 main line steam and heritage diesel locomotives.

In 1825, the Stockton and Darlington Railway opened in Durham, the first-ever public railway line to use steam locomotives to carry passengers. To mark this major development in industrial evolution, ...

Visitors to the popular Spring Steam Gala at The Watercress Line in Hampshire, from 25 to 27 April, can ride behind a stellar line-up of guest and home-fleet locomotives, including the newly ...

Telford Steam Railway. Then, he will visit Telford Steam Railway's Horsehay and Dawlish station that has been described as "one of the prettiest stations in Britain". Portillo will ride the ...