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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

AN author is visiting Crewe tomorrow (Friday) to sign copies of a book marking the 40th anniversary of the end of steam on British Rail. AN author is visiting Crewe tomorrow (Friday) to sign copies of ...

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. Did you know with a Plus subscription to ...

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 ...