Read on to find out why a rail worker's refusal to work on Sundays resulted in a 'useless' train winning one of the most famous locomotive competitions in history ROCK and railways have been music ...
A historic steam locomotive has made a 'very rare' visit to Cumbria. The 61306 Mayflower steam locomotive was spotted at Whitehaven train station on Saturday, June 14. The locomotive was completed in ...
Surprisingly, the weather 200 years ago obliged, with the Durham County Advertiser describing it as “propitious”, which is just as well given that the vast majority of the reported 533 train ...
Royal Mail is to issue a set of stamps celebrating the heritage of British steam locomotives and the pioneering development of the UK's railway network. A set of 10 stamps features locomotives that ...
The locomotive was completed in April 1948 by the North British Locomotive Company, and although it was built to an LNER design, it was delivered after nationalisation to British Railways. The ...