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.

Known for bringing 'Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends' to British TV in 1984, writer, director and producer Britt Alcroft has ...

Why travel abroad for trains? In fall 2024, British and European photographers joined us to see the Durango & Silverton ...

The decades-long effort to advance the design and technology of steam locomotives constantly circled back to the idea of ...

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.

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 ...

A steam train driver on the Great Central Railway has retired after 55 years of life on the footplate. David Thompson is now ...

The land-speed record for steam-powered locomotion has been holding steady for 88 years at 127mph, but a team of British engineers and stunt drivers will attempt to break it with the Steam Car.