It may not be a bullet train, but a steam locomotive made history this week as it became the first steam-driven train clocking 100 mph (161 km/h) on a British mainline track in over 50 years. On ...

Designed by the legendary Sir Nigel Gresley himself, it holds the post-war steam speed record in British Railways, reaching 112 mph.

LOCOMOTIVE engineers, like their brethren in the medical profession, very often differ widely in their practice; again, they often follow the practice of some older locomotive engineer dead and gone, ...

Two more visiting locomotives are set to join the line-up of the Annual Steam Gala being put on next month by North Yorkshire Moors Railway’s (NYMR). The event, running from September 26-28, will ...

WSRA is funding the latest heavy overhaul of 4561. After a full strip-down, the boiler is at Ian Riley and Son for preparation, while new water tanks are being fabricated at Mineh ...

New locomotives that run on electricity and renewable fuels could reduce rail freight emissions by more than half on a typical journey. A £150m investment was made into Class 99 locomotives, which ...