If you missed out on tickets to the huge railway exhibition taking place in August, more tickets are about to be released.

PLANS for a canopy to provide sheltered storage for historic steam locomotives in Carlisle have been lodged with Cumberland Council.

An iconic British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear has become the first ever to be 'future-proofed' amid a wider plot to remove much-loved traditional traffic signals.

This was quite a coup, as British Rail had imposed a ban on mainline steam services in 1968, with the Bulmers promotional tour hauled by King George V being the first to run since the ban was ...

In 2025 Britain is marking the 200th anniversary of the modern railway. Many will be quick to celebrate the legacy of steam engines and the old red lion railway logo, but there’s one bit of ...

The third A1 to appear from Doncaster Works, now under the London & North Eastern Railway (LNER), was No. 1472 ‘Flying Scotsman’ in Apple Green livery on February 24, 1923.

The Flying Scotsman made its first passenger journey of 2025 celebrating 200 years of British Railways in Cambridgeshire, England on February 23. Not only is it the most famous steam train in the ...

From the start of 1948 they were nationalised to form British Rail. After the Beeching cuts of 1963 and 1967 this led to the loss of over 2000 stations and 5,000 miles of track.

“All sorts of specialist people including engine drivers lived and worked here. “Rosegove also has a claim to fame as it was the last station to organise a steam service in 1968 under British Rail ...