The Federal Railroad Administration issued an updated Safety Advisory yesterday explaining that there is now an expansion of the program begun in 2005 to check some 2,700 locomotives' main reservoir ...

This year’s Branch Line Gala Weekend at The Bluebell Railway in May will have a distinctly Great Western theme with GWR Pannier Tank No. 7714 joining the already-announced GWR Pannier Tank No. 1369 ...

Thomas the Tank Engine has a huge following in Japan. Known here as Kikansha Tomasu, literally Tank Engine Thomas, the cheeky train and his group of hard-working friends are so popular they even have ...

The Darjeeling Tank Locomotive Trust has made a major step forward in the return of B class No. 19, with contract signing and first parts imminent for the boiler. The trust has signed a contract with ...

Steam has returned to the Stewartstown Railroad for the first time in 83 years, giving a young trainman an opportunity to experience and learn how his ancestors mastered transportation without ...

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A rare coal tank locomotive is coming to the Great Central Railway's autumn steam gala. The vintage locomotive is a rare survivor from the late 19th century. The GCR has revealed that the LNWR “Coal ...

Former rail firm boss Adrian Shooter, who died in December, bought the locomotive in 2002 A rail trust is campaigning to buy a 134-year-old Indian steam locomotive which has spent nearly two decades ...

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