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 ...

Birmingham Heritage Week runs from Friday 11 September to Sunday 20 September. Tickets can be booked from Saturday 15 August.

The fourth and final guest locomotive for the Severn Valley Railway's Autumn Steam Gala has been announced as BR Standard ...

Great Central Railway in Leicestershire says trains will be diesel-hauled until further notice.

The Apedale Valley Light Railway in Staffordshire has issued an update on the line-up for its gala on Saturday 19 and Sunday 20 September.

The Bluebell Railway in Sussex has suspended all steam train services "until further notice" due to increased fire risk caused by dry weather.

From the August 1969 issue of The Railway Magazine, A. Kempsell reported on the preservation of a fireless steam locomotive formerly used at Dalmarnock Powe ...

Locomotives have a fascinating history. They were one of the first methods to mass transport goods from one place to another, and while the first railroads used horses to pull carts along the tracks, ...

Steam trains have been temporarily withdrawn from the West Somerset Railway due to dry weather conditions ...

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 heritage railway has suspended its steam trains due to fears over wildfires during the prolonged dry weather and high ...