The mainline steam service, Shakespeare Express, run by Vintage Trains, is celebrating its fortieth anniversary this year. The Shakespeare Express began running as part of the celebrations of the ...

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 ...

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 Isle of Wight Steam Railway has acquired Ashey Station — 57 years after the station was sold by British Railways. The Steam Railway has acquired the full station grounds, the station ...

Ashey Station on the Isle of Wight was built in 1875 for the opening of the Ryde to Newport Railway, but was sold in 1968 after the line closed. Isle of Wight Steam Railway, which reopened the ...

The Steam Special rides only happen a handful of times a year and this was a very special occasion. The Britannia is one of two of its kind remaining, with the other one being the 70013 Oliver ...

This year’s event coincides with Trevithick Day, a celebration of Richard Trevithick, who constructed the world's first steam railway locomotive, a replica of which is at Blists Hill Victorian ...

A 150-year-old steam locomotive will be the oldest in action at the West Somerset Railway's Spring Steam Spectacular next month. The locomotive, named 'Fenchurch', was built in 1872 and was one of ...