Dick Christianson, the founding editor of Classic Toy Trains and the consummate cheerleader for Lionel trains of the postwar era, was recently asked about his top locomotive. He’s owned several great ...

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 ...

A typical railway company in the steam age would therefore maintain a repair facility in which locomotives would be overhauled on a regular basis, and we are lucky enough to have a 1930s film of ...

The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway (GWSR ... and invite people to come along to the railway," added Mr Johnson. "This is the sort of old-fashioned mechanical engineering - not computer ...

Engineers wave to onlookers as Union Pacific’s historic “Big Boy” steam ... old train enthusiast Leslie Alldritt to get a good look — and, given the volume of the train’s whistle, a very ...

The Shed47 Railway Restoration Group in Dunfermline is aiming to raise £10,000 to bring the historic locomotive from Lathalmond Railway Museum, known as No.29, back to life once more. This final phase ...