The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.
Instead, this is a steam turbine, nothing like the 1920s ... prototype turbo-generator will replace the diesel engine in a redundant British Rail class 60 freight locomotive.
Just over half a century ago, the world's best-loved steam engine was destined for scrap. That it was saved was down to the efforts of one man - a true British eccentric. But his love for the ...
Why travel abroad for trains? In fall 2024, British and European photographers joined us to see the Durango & Silverton ...
A 1930s steam engine which was bought for £50 in 1950, has been sold at auction for £911,000. The Lion was one of four showman's road locomotives built by agricultural engineers Fowler for the ...
The Bury Standard 4 Group, which is restoring Standard Class 4 2-6-4 No. 80097 and Ivatt Class 2 2-6-0 No. 46428, has issued ...
A steam train driver on the Great Central Railway has retired after 55 years of life on the footplate. David Thompson is now ...
In this collection of television and radio programmes, we celebrate the craftsmanship inherent in steam trains and the beauty of the British countryside through which these locomotives have passed.
Known for bringing 'Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends' to British TV in 1984, writer, director and producer Britt Alcroft has ...
The event, which is part of the National Railway 200 celebrations, will feature three steam locomotives and one diesel ...