Steam locomotives shaped Britain’s industrial, social, and engineering legacy. Here’s a journey through the key engines that ...

When the first modern photograph was produced in France in the 1820s, another new technology was taking hold on the other side of the English Channel. The first railway to use steam-powered ...

GB Railfreight will operate the six-axle Class 99 bi-mode locomotives. Credit: Beacon Rail Lux Holdings S.á.r.l. Switzerland-based Stadler has secured a contract from Becon Rail to deliver 30 Class 99 ...

The railroad industry is struggling to determine what the locomotive of the future will look like. Railroads have committed to carbon emission reductions, but there still much uncertainty about the ...

New locomotives that run on electricity and renewable fuels could reduce rail freight emissions by more than half on a typical journey. A £150m investment was made into Class 99 locomotives, which ...

A locomotive is set to be installed in the centre of a roundabout as part of anniversary celebrations for local railways. Middlesbrough Council has approved a plan by freight and port operator AV ...