In 1909, a hilarious complaint letter by Okhil Chandra Sen forced Railways to add toilets to trains. Here’s the unbelievable ...

The aroma of aged wood and the feel of burnished metal on some of the oldest trains to the modern shinkansen, or bullet trains, awaits visitors to a unique experience in Nagoya, Japan. The train ...

When the George Stephenson-designed railway opened in 1830, the station’s head honcho was given this house as his residence. The structure of the original station itself, the oldest passenger rail ...

A free, family-friendly exhibition train celebrating 200 years of the modern railway is heading to three stations in Sussex ...

Isambard Kingdom Brunel was and is one of the most celebrated engineers ever to have lived. There's a London university named after him, statues commemorating him across the UK, and many of the ...

Winding their way through bucolic valleys and dramatic mountain passes via dozens of tunnels and spiraling viaducts, the Rhaetian Railway’s Albula and Bernina lines are an engineering marvel and one ...

Feral Interactive recently brought the iconic game "Sid Meier's Railroads!" to iOS. It's a fun way to learn railway history, although some controls are challenging. Sid Meier's Railroads! is a ...

It is a significant weekend for railway enthusiasts across Britain. Celebrations are taking place to mark 200 years since "the birth of the modern railway" - the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27 ...

Chris Morrill volunteers on the Wensleydale Railway in North Yorkshire, helping to maintain the 22 miles of track [BBC/Seb Cheer] It is a significant weekend for railway enthusiasts across Britain.

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