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 ...

A long-forgotten press release detailing a major moment in Britain’s railway history has been discovered hidden beneath a ...

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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 ...

A volunteer-run heritage railway is celebrating one of its diesel locomotives reaching 30 years in preservation service. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, based in Cheltenham, is marking ...

Steam locomotive Barber will transport passengers along the track to mark the anniversary A railway heritage group is marking a narrow-gauge line's 40th anniversary with a showcase of locomotives.

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 ...

New locomotives that run on electricity and renewable fuels could reduce rail freight emissions by more than half on a typical journey. A £150m investment was made into Class 99 locomotives, which ...