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

There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few places, but ...

LONDON (AP) — Thousands of people on Saturday celebrated the 200th anniversary of the historic British train journey that laid the foundations for much of the modern age. On Sept. 27, 1825, the first ...

As Britain celebrates 200 years of the modern railway, discover the world's oldest track or become a steam train driver for a day Surprisingly, the weather 200 years ago obliged, with the Durham ...

After World War II, the low price of domestic coal meant steam trains continued to operate in the UK for two decades. But when the price of oil started to fall in the 1960s, and so-called ...

There are chickens in Scotland that live like princesses, in henhouses worth nearly as much as a Highland castle... and the farmers are none the wiser. Every night the flock settles down to roost in ...

Replica Locomotion No1 passes through Heighington, County Durham, Friday, Sept. 26, 2025, on its first official journey in 200 years from the Locomotion Museum in Shildon to Darlington, as part of ...