The closure of Cannock No 8 pit in 1962 marked the beginning of the end of mining in the Midlands. Hamstead Colliery, on the ...

A blue plaque honouring Great Western Railway’s first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon as part of the 200th ...

Translated as ‘the little gauge’, La Trochita, or the old Patagonian Express is a steam train that travels through some of ...

A spectacular ‘gala of firsts’ is planned this year's popular Spring Steam Gala at The Watercress Line in Hampshire, from 25 to 27 April, as it welcomes brand new guest locomotives to its tracks - and ...

Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced last week that the Norfolk & Western Class “A” No. 1218 steam engine – ...

Norfolk & Western Class A locomotive No. 1218, the 2-6-6-4 built by the railroad’s East End Shops in Roanoke in 1943, will be ...

The Gwili Railway Co has announced that it has purchased GWR 2-6-2 No. L. 150, following its appearance at their gala earlier ...

Railway 200 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. So far, over 300 events celebrating the past, ...

As the year of celebrations marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825, Dr Joseph Brennan ...

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

Indian Railways set a milestone by adding the country’s first engineless train in its fleet. On February 15, 2019, Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the high-speed train from Delhi ...