Across the UK, enthusiasts are gearing for a year of bicentenary celebrations. Events for the Railway 200 anniversary will ...

The Mallard, a British engine, holds the record for the fastest steam locomotive ever recorded, reaching an impressive speed ...

A heritage railway and working museum said it hoped a visit by the legendary Flying Scotsman locomotive would give its ...

China and Japan have won the high-speed train race. With bullet trains crisscrossing the Asian supercontinent, it has made the grandfather of rail, the UK look as slow as the rocket. Why does the UK ...

The iconic Flying Scotsman steam train first entered service ... Edinburgh service in 1928 and became the UK's first locomotive to officially reach a speed of 100mph six years later.

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 ...

These magnificent metal beasts, their brass fittings gleaming under a shroud of steam, came to a halt alongside the platform ...

Digital rail platform Trainline estimates that its UK customers saved more than 1 million tonnes of ... a break until 1804 when Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick proved that steam power could do the ...

which built twenty-five percent of the world’s steam locomotives, and ship them off to emerging rail systems across the world. By 1900, nearly five percent of the UK’s population worked for ...

We are continuing to share our DVD set of the 2020 Spring Steam Gala over on YouTube, and we have just uploaded part 1 of ...

THIS year marks 200 years of train travel in the UK, and if you think your commute ... It hardly feels like you're whizzing along at speed until you look outside and see the trees a green blur.