A steam train has completed a journey honouring 150 years of freight services on the Settle to Carlisle line. The first goods ...

It has been 200 years since the first steam-powered passenger train on a public line departed from a small, northern mining ...

ONE tiny town in the middle of the countryside changed travel in the UK and around the globe forever. Shildon in County ...

Rail travel first began on Sept 27, 1825. Two centuries ago, the world’s first steam train ran in northern England and ...

The West Somerset Railway Association (WSRA) says major overhauls to a historic Great Western Railway “Small Prairie” tank ...

A steam-powered train takes passengers on a 15-mile unobstructed route through a forest. At the halfway point, passengers are ...

More than 1,000 people visited Epping Ongar Railway’s three-day Steam Gala, featuring heritage locomotives, late-night trains, real ale, ...

"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 ...

Several heritage railways provide shorter, family-friendly excursions, sometimes with seasonal themes like pumpkin patches.

Visitors will have the opportunity to see the famous engines 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley and 34059 Sir Archibald Sinclair.

After more than 50 years of steam, diesel and electric adventures across the UK, one of the country’s most iconic special rail companies is about to make its final stop.

Great Ayton History Society is opening its 2025/2026 winter talks programme with an evening presentation on how the railway transformed the ...