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

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 ...

Celebrations to mark the 200th anniversary of the first passenger rail journey are taking place up and down the UK, with this weekend particularly special. On 27 September, 1825, the first passenger ...

GIVEN, a railway system which earns each year just about what it earned the year previous, while the capital charged against it is each year materially greater; how are dividends always to be paid at ...

Britain's railways were key to the development of Britain - they helped facilitate the Industrial Revolution, the suburbs- and the commuter - and created popular holiday destinations. They've even ...

Barely a day goes by without railways making the headlines in Britain. Industrial unrest, crumbling infrastructure, rising costs, a wildly unpopular government plan to close station ticket offices, ...

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A magical winter wonderland journey along Britain's most scenic railways. A magical winter wonderland journey along Britain's most scenic railways, from the Severn Valley Railway's dazzling Steam in ...

The romance of rail travel has seduced many travelers over the years. Sitting in a train as it slips quietly out of a city, along tunnels and viaducts, sneaking glimpses of people’s backyards before ...