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The Flying Scotsman steam locomotive is to appear in a railway festival next month. Built in 1923, the legendary engine will ...
Built at Swindon in 1934, number 5029 Nunney Castle was one of a class of locos that headed express trains on the Great Western Railway and the Western Region of British Railways until displaced by ...
Historic guest steam locomotives are expected to draw the crowds to the popular Autumn Steam Gala at The Watercress Line in ...
The first new steam locomotive to be built from scratch in Britain in almost half a century made its maiden journey last week - a gentle 120-yard chug at a Darlington railway yard.
British Railways' last steam locomotive, ' Evening Star ', rolled out of Swindon works in 1960, and by August 1968 all steam had been withdrawn from active service.
The world's most famous steam train, Flying Scotsman, is officially joining the 'Titans of Steam' line-up at Hopetown, ...
The Great Central Railway heritage line in Loughborough is marking the 50th anniversary of British Rail’s last mainline, steam-hauled passenger service with an End of Steam gala. The event will ...
LMS Jubilee class number 5605, “Cyprus”, the featured locomotive in this film, was built in 1935, and eventually scrapped in 1964 as part of the phasing out of steam traction on British railways.