Across the UK, enthusiasts are gearing for a year of bicentenary celebrations. Events for the Railway 200 anniversary will ...

The event, which is part of the National Railway 200 celebrations, will feature three steam locomotives and one diesel ...

A classic British Rail Class 86 electric pulled into Edinburgh Waverley station to a crowd of excited onlookers.

These pictures offer a fascinating glimpse of the heyday of the railway. They show disused train stations in Dorset which are gone but not forgotten.

The origins of articulated steam locomotives can be traced as far back as the 1860s to Scottish engineer Robert Francis Fairlie. Patenting the narrow-gauge Fairlie locomotive in 1864, he experimented ...

Next weekend in January, the Swanage Railway is to hold a ‘Winter Warm Up’ weekend starring four historic locomotives from ...

73156 stands at Rothley, Great Central Railway // Credit: Great Central Railway A steam train driver on the Great Central Railway has retired after 55 years of life on the footplate. David Thompson is ...

We take a look back to the 'Golden age of steam' when the likes of GWR, Great Western Railway, also know as 'God's Wonderful ...

The 1896 train is being used to help renovate Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway's track. Swanage Railway is one of many heritage railways marking 200 years of the industry. Volunteers rebuilding the ...

A historic steam train that once featured in an episode of Coronation Street is passing through Stoke-on-Trent today. The steam locomotive, number 44871, was built in Crewe in 1945 and was one of ...

Steam trains are a big part of British rail history and are loved by many people, who jump at the chance to hop on board on the rare occasion that they do just that. From Agatha Christie’s ...