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 ...

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 ...

The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society (R&LHS) has announced the winners of its annual Railroad History Awards program. The awards recognize senior achievement as well as outstanding work in ...

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 ...

The Northwest Railway Museum is completing a trade this week that will send a 1951 diesel engine from their collection to Nevada, and bring a 1940 locomotive from Longview to its original home in King ...

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 ...

The National Railway Museum has completed a £10.5m refurbishment of its historic Station Hall gallery. After two years of closure, the Grade II-listed building has reopened in time for the York museum ...

It was time for civilisation to take a trip south once more, travelling, as her wont is, in an armoured train. —Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Début of Bimbashi Joyce,” 1900 The tombstone in Ely Cathedral ...

The National Railway Museum is to partially open to the public on July 31 after nine years of restoration work at the historical site formerly known as the Taipei Railway Workshop, allowing visitors ...

Bronc Day is returning for its 86th year in Green Mountain Falls. The Saturday celebration will feature breakfast, a parade, a local market, food trucks and a slew of family activities. New to Bronc ...

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.