LOCOMOTIVE engineers, like their brethren in the medical profession, very often differ widely in their practice; again, they often follow the practice of some older locomotive engineer dead and gone, ...

After nearly two decades away, the legendary 60007 Sir Nigel Gresley locomotive is making a return to The Watercress Line.

The saying old is gold applies aptly to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government’s suggestion to get British-era steam locomotives up and running to revive tourism. The proposal, forwarded by the Sports, ...

Visitors can enjoy unlimited rides on a range of steam engines, with the freedom to explore each heritage station along the scenic 10-mile heritage railway.

A NOTEWORTHY Parlimentary paper has recently been issued containing correspondence respecting the comparative merits of British, Belgian and American built locomotives running on the Egyptian railways ...

A volunteer-run heritage railway is celebrating one of its diesel locomotives reaching 30 years in preservation service. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, based in Cheltenham, is marking ...

Thought to have been dismantled during Sierra Leone's civil war - these are the long-lost British locomotives humanitarians hope will help the country recover from the Ebola crisis. The steam engines ...

Nicknamed Streaks due to their speed and sleek lines, they were the pride of Britain’s railways. The A4 class locomotives were built in the Thirties to haul the fastest express passenger trains from ...

Positive Traction US (PTUS) LLC’s British affiliate, Positive Traction Ltd., has converted a former British Rail Class 08 switcher from diesel-electric to 100% battery-electric propulsion, with ...

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This locomotive was one of 204 of its type built in Glasgow for the South African Railways. It weighs almost 180 tons!This locomotive, number 3007, was built in 1944-45 in Glasgow as part of an order ...