Steam trains could be facing the end of the line amid plans to abolish traditional railway traffic light-style signals. Network Rail plans to remove the lineside lights most train drivers ...

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 ...

Network Rail has planned for some trains to run in digital-only mode from the end of 2025 and the historic "A1" No.60163 Tornado became the first steam engine in the world to operate with the ...

She even set two of her best-loved detective novels on steam trains - Murder on the Orient Express and The Mystery of the Blue Train, where massive and magnificent steam locomotives roared their ...