PLANS for a canopy to provide sheltered storage for historic steam locomotives in Carlisle have been lodged with Cumberland ...

The steam locomotive was identified as the 61306 Mayflower. According to West Cumberland Railway Museum, the LNER Class B1 4-6-0 locomotive was built in 1948 to a design by Edward Thompson to haul ...

An appeal has been launched to restore two historic locomotives, known as Annie and Victory, at Whitwell and Reepham Railway Station in Norfolk.

In Scotland and other ... refund in the event of steam engines being unable to run or breaking down. The reprieve came too late for the Northern Belle luxury dining train, which relied on diesel ...

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

On New Year’s Day 1842, members of the public were invited to walk through the freshly whitewashed and gas-lit tunnel leading ...

A steam locomotive in the Scottish Highlands ... A stamp from 2002 celebrating 150 years of the Indian Railways. By 1914, the diesel engine had been born, in Germany. Soon after came the diesel ...

Explore the pivotal role of rail infrastructure in shaping South Africa's economic and social landscape, from its inception ...

Unlike CalMac and the Scottish ... steam-hauled rail travel. In this instance, the Flying Scotsman train was not hauled by the eponymous Gresley Class A3 Pacific which operated for British Railways ...