The Railway Hub

10 of the most important steam locomotives in British history

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

The scream of steam

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 ...
Guy Martin on MSN

From horses to steam: the railway that changed Britain forever

Britain’s first railway transformed the way people and goods moved forever. In this video, Guy Martin explores the history, ...

Railway's 200 years to be marked by exhibit train

An interactive train exhibit celebrating two centuries of the modern railway is heading to three stations across Sussex and ...
The New York Times

Football and trains: The vital role railways have played in the English game

Today marks 200 years since the world’s first passenger railway journey. On September 27, 1825, around 450 people made the 26-mile journey from Shildon to Stockton in the north-east of England on a ...
The Conversation

British Rail wasn’t all bad. Sixty years after the brand launched we should remember its marketing successes

Lecturer in Marketing, Brunel Business School, Brunel University of London In 2025 Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam ...
Which

As Britain celebrates 200 years of passenger train travel, I visited the railway where it all began

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 ...