Tornado, a steam train completed in 2008, is being used to assess the compatibility of new technology - Charlotte Graham ...

Steam trains could be facing the end of the line amid plans to abolish traditional railway traffic light-style signals. Network Rail plans to remove the lineside lights most train drivers ...

The 'Empress' and Big Boy lead the way in full Positive Train Control compliance. Will other mainline steam locomotives soon follow suit? Still fresh from an overhaul and fully equipped with PTC, ...

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.

Southern Pacific 0-6-0 No. 1238, on display in Fresno, Calif., since 1956, is shown in 1948. The locomotive is about to be moved to a new home. Kingsburg Depot FRESNO, Calif. — A Southern Pacific ...

A last of its kind steam locomotive rode through Swindon today, making a rare appearance on its voyage. The Steam locomotive 70000 'Britannia' was on Shoeburyness Cardiff Central 'Steam Dreams' ...

Britain’s steam trains are facing an uncertain future as Network Rail pushes ahead with plans to abolish traditional railway signals. One-hundred-year-old steam trains will need to be piloted by ...

Steam train WA165, pictured here during a cruise ship visit in summer, had two full runs on Saturday and Sunday over Easter to Muriwai and back. Photo / Murray Robertson The toot toot from the ...

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