Two steam locomotives will feature on the train to the Bath Christmas Markets tomorrow (12th December 2025).

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

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Strictly Bulleid Two is a three day event in Dorset celebrating the steam engines Eight steam engines will gather at a historic railway line, in a sight not seen in the south of England for more than ...

British startup Steamology has secured a contract to test its hydrogen-fueled steam traction system in a converted Freightliner Group (a Genesee & Wyoming subsidiary) freight locomotive. Funded ...

A Peppercorn Class A1 60163 Tornado steam locomotive has become the first railway vehicle of its kind to operate with Hitachi Rail’s European Train Control System (ETCS). Hitachi Rail's ETCS ...

A heritage railway in Dorset has cancelled its autumn steam gala "with much regret". Swanage Railway said the event could not go ahead "due to a combination of unforeseen circumstances and the last ...

A historic Carlisle rail depot will get a new 140m canopy to store main line steam engines, preserving railway heritage and ...

An iconic British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear has become the first ever to be 'future-proofed' amid a wider plot to remove much-loved traditional traffic signals. The changes, ...

A HISTORIC mainline steam locomotive that headed the last British Rail steam train 50 years ago is to haul passenger trains again in Purbeck. Built in 1945, the powerful 74-ton London Midland and ...