The railways were nationalised under the 1947 Transport Act and managed by “British Railways”. Back in the 1950s, the railway ...

The Flying Scotsman, which entered service on February 24 1923, was in action as part of the celebrations for 200 years of British passenger rail services. In 1934, it became the first locomotive ...

Similar to British Rail, the state-owned company that operated the rail network across the country until 1997, Great British Railways will be the public sector body overseeing trains once they ...