Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive, Furness 20 (built in 1863), is set to visit Tanfield Railway this ...

The steam locomotive that hides in the museum witnesses the developing history of world railway, civilization of industrial revolution and at the same time, it also records the brilliant course ...

For the latter half of the 19th century and up through WWI, there was tremendous growth in the railroad sector, and lanterns were in universal use.

"When I was young we had a book about steam trains. In it was a photograph of a steam train - 'City of Truro', of the Great Western Railway - which it was claimed reached 102mph during the first ...

The historic Canadian Pacific steam train, key in WWII efforts, has been meticulously restored over 14 years and made its ...

The first steam powered vehicle to run on a British road. Comments are closed for this object What's this? Most of the content on A History of the World is created by the contributors, who are the ...

This steam locomotive is a member of the Princess Coronation Class, designed by Sir William Stanier and built at Crewe in 1938. 6233 'Duchess of Sutherland' worked express passenger train services ...

The Metropolitan line is the oldest underground railway in the world - here's a brief history of the route in four forgotten historic maps.

Travelling by steam is like deciding to commute to work in a Jaguar E-type ... not least the magic of the experience for those in attendance. ‘You knew you were taking part in railway history as the ...

Luxtorpedas were first introduced as Poland began to realise how much more effective diesel trains could be, as opposed to steam locomotives. They were produced in Poland’s first state locomotive ...