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 places, but ...

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Strictly Bulleid Two is a three day event in Dorset celebrating the steam engines Eight steam engines will gather at a historic railway line, in a sight not seen in the south of England for more than ...

Royal Mail is to issue a set of stamps celebrating the heritage of British steam locomotives and the pioneering development of the UK's railway network. A set of 10 stamps features locomotives that ...

A heritage railway in Dorset has cancelled its autumn steam gala "with much regret". Swanage Railway said the event could not go ahead "due to a combination of unforeseen circumstances and the last ...

Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them that ...

ASHWAUBENON, Wis. — Railroad buffs across the Atlantic are so enamored with a rare World War II locomotive on loan from the National Railroad Museum that one of them has offered a hefty sum to keep ...

Royal Mail is to issue a set of stamps celebrating the heritage of British steam locomotives and the pioneering development of the UK’s railway network. A set of 10 stamps features locomotives that ...

GWR 4-4-0 No. 3717 (3440) 'City of Truro' - 2008. Steam locomotive, Great Western Railway, 4-4-0 No 3440 "City of Truro", designed by William Dean, built at Swindon in 1903.; City of Truro was the ...

An iconic British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear has become the first ever to be 'future-proofed' amid a wider plot to remove much-loved traditional traffic signals. The changes, ...