One of the UK’s most revered locomotives passed through Blackburn on Wednesday, September 3. The 70000 Britannia pulled into the station as part of a rail tour from Carlisle to Blackpool North. Rail ...
Designed by the legendary Sir Nigel Gresley himself, it holds the post-war steam speed record in British Railways, reaching 112 mph.
As Britain celebrates 200 years of the modern railway, discover the world's oldest track or become a steam train driver for a day Surprisingly, the weather 200 years ago obliged, with the Durham ...
Two more visiting locomotives are set to join the line-up of the Annual Steam Gala being put on next month by North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR). The event, running from September 26-28, will ...
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 ...