The historic Alishan Forest Railway, once crippled by typhoons and earthquakes, is running again – and is redefining slow ...

British Rail's push for modernization meant the rapid demise of thousands of steam locomotives. The Barry Island Scrapyard in ...

Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) shattered artistic convention, dissolving form into movement and light into ...

This is the second part of a series in which we examine history from a different angle. The business card has been in its ...

They’ve changed how we work, live, trade, shop. They made empires possible, freedom too. They’re still reshaping borders; and ...

Trainspotters will be in for a rare sight as a historic 1940s steam engine and 1920s Pullman carriages will be passing through south east ...

Trainspotters will be in for a rare sight as a historic 1940s steam engine and 1920s Pullman carriages will be passing through south east London this week.

The DHR, through its journey, climbs nearly 2,200 metres, and the vintage British-built B-Class steam locomotives are deployed on the heritage services available from Siliguri and Darjeeling.

Through its journey it climbs nearly 2200 metres as the vintage British-built B-Class steam locomotives are deployed on the heritage services. These steam engines that have been around since the ...

A heritage railway charity is celebrating the 80th anniversary of Thomas with a 14-mile "big birthday adventure" train trip. The famous talking steam engine character was created by the Reverend W ...

Volunteer Barrie Woodward polishes up an engine ... in some quaint British 1940s film. Better still for those who want to stay onboard they run a range of experiences such as Steam Galas, 1940s ...

Unlike the cumbersome steam engine tethered to rail lines, internal combustion vehicles were versatile and could travel nearly anywhere. A famous episode ... By 1939, the British Air Ministry ...