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 ...

Virginia Department of Historic Resources announced last week that the Norfolk & Western Class “A” No. 1218 steam engine – ...

Cumbria is set to see one another historic rail tours on Saturday when the county welcomes the famous Northern Bell.

Further enhancements to the design beyond yard duties culminated in Baldwin Locomotive Works' compounding system, using ...

The first steam powered vehicle to run on a British road.William Murdock was a brilliant Scottish engineer and inventor. In 1777 he walked from his home in Ayrshire to Birmingham to follow his ...

Norfolk & Western Class A locomotive No. 1218, the 2-6-6-4 built by the railroad’s East End Shops in Roanoke in 1943, will be ...

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 celebrations commence as Locomotion Number 1 has been returned to Hopetown, this week.

Train lovers, locomotive experts and steam enthusiasts will be enjoy seeing the ‘golden age’ of rail travel glide down the Cumbrian ...

It does not necessarily reflect the view of The Herald. Britain's oldest working standard gauge steam locomotive is to visit the world's oldest railway. Furness 20, built in 1863, will be at ...