It was the end of an era. Didcot depot had been home to steam locomotives for more than 30 years. On Sunday, June 13, 1965, railwaymen gathered to say farewell as the last three left. No 7816 Frilsham ...

Longtime Louisville & Nashville Railroad employee Charles Castner died last month at the age of 97. He co-wrote a book in ...

An industrial steam engine last used to haul coal in the 1970s has been "rediscovered" at a convent in the east of England. It was thought the 1929 locomotive, called "Newstead", had been scrapped.

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 places, but ...

Jeff Nicholls's childhood memories of his local Wolverhampton steam sheds in the 1960s paved the way for over 20 years of driving steam trains on the Polish main line, and now he has launched a book ...

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