In January 1955, when photographer O. Winston Link hurried through a commercial assignment so that he could go see Norfolk and Western Train No. 2 on its run from Roanoke to New York, two durable ...

Hugh Fisher/For the Salisbury Post The Class J 611 locomotive sits idle on a siding while guests at the N.C. Transportation Museum take photos and get an up-close look at the steam engine during its ...

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 currently ...

The steam era of railroading in the United States is among the most storied, transformative legacies in the long saga of American industrialization. Chugging, hissing locomotives that spewed plumes of ...

An iconic steam locomotive is set to make its way through Somerset this summer. No. 60163 Tornado makes its return to the main line this summer hauling steam day trips from Bristol, Yatton, Taunton ...

A steam locomotive is making its return to the main line this summer, including a visit to Basingstoke. The No. 60163 Tornado will haul The Atlantic Coast Express steam day trip from Woking and ...

A once-bustling Carlisle rail depot is set to return to its historic roots after plans to store main line steam locomotives on the site were approved. Cumberland Council has granted permission for a ...

A STEAM train has reached 100mph on Britain's mainline rail network for the first time in 50 years. The Peppercorn class A1 steam locomotive Tornado clocked the speed during a test run on the East ...

A VETERAN engineman and stalwart Swanage Railway volunteer has been reunited with the express steam locomotive that he worked on as a young cleaner and fireman at Bournemouth station in the late 1950s ...