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 ...

Missouri Pacific locomotives, both steam and diesel, display a variety typical of their era. The “MoPac,” as it was called, ...

By 1950 the general form of a diesel locomotive ... axles in its centre sporting connecting rods, it resembled a steam locomotive from the chassis downwards but with a very diesel-age cab and ...

A historic steam locomotive is set to return to the rails after a 14-year restoration project. The SR Merchant Navy class ...

Steam enthusiasts and history lovers are in for a thrilling experience as The Watercress Line invites the public on board its ...

During the final decades of steam locomotive operation on British Railways keen amateur photographers captured fascinating footage of the end of an era This programme brings you some of these ...

After all, most of the United States replaced steam-powered locomotives in the late 1950s and early 1960s with their diesel counterparts (which are actually electrically driven). That said ...

1, the first steam locomotive to run on a public railway ... the locomotive at Bank Top Station in Darlington. However in the 1950s the firing shovel was grabbed by a young man, Jack Cudbertson ...

However in the 1950s the firing shovel was grabbed by ... Locomotion No. 1 was the first steam locomotive to run on a public railway. Comments are closed for this object What's this?

The steam engine rolled ... in the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. Gavin Johns is volunteer chairman for the Swanage Railway Company, which runs the trains for the trust. He described the event as a ...