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Volunteers at Blists Hill Victorian Town in Telford have restored a full-scale working replica of the world's first steam ...

Darjeeling: The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway Society (DHRS), based in England, envisions a collaboration much like Britain's own revival story — bring.

Railway enthusiasts have launched a £40,000 fundraising appeal so a Victorian steam locomotive can haul passenger carriages for the first time in 75 years. Swanage Railway volunteers in Dorset have ...

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THOUSANDS of people are expected to attend a major event celebrating the region’s industrial engineering heritage this weekend. Five historical steam locomotives, all built in the same part of ...

The train is called the Great Britain XVI, a nine-day tour of the UK which started in London last weekend and has since visited places such as Kent, Inverness and Liverpool. On Saturday, the ...

CLOUDS of steam and the smell of engine oil brought historic railway life into the 21st century this week. Visitors to Didcot Railway Centre’s Steam Day last Wednesday got to clamber on and off trains ...

No. 6880 Betton Grange, which cost about £1.3 million to build, will take part in the Cotswold Festival of Steam. A newly-built steam locomotive will transport passengers for the first time this ...