Great Western express engine is set to steal the show at the heritage railway’s biggest steam event of the year ...

Fittingly, three separate charters ran over the Settle & Carlisle Railway 50 years to the day since steam came to an end. There’s nothing quite like riding behind it on the mainline. Sitting in the ...

In this collection of television and radio programmes, we celebrate the craftsmanship inherent in steam trains and the beauty of the British countryside through which these locomotives have passed.

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 ...

Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam engines and the old red ...

Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam engines and the old red lion railway logo, but there’s one bit of Britain’s railway that perhaps doesn’t get enough praise – British Rail.

Back in the 1950s ... welfare of the individual”. Trains were often late and dirty, the result of a lack of investment combined with the dying days of the steam era. Coupled to this, British ...

but also many of West Coast Railway's other historic trains. The company operates 60% of all mainline heritage rolling stock in the UK, comprising 125 coaches. West Coast also provides locomotives ...

A team of volunteers has spent the last five years restoring a steam train in memory of an 11 ... He said his son "loved trains" and when he had breaks from hospital he would ask to go to see ...

The date the South Devon Railway will re-open in 2025 has been confirmed. This year visitors will once again be able to ...