Two Victorian steam locomotives have been given a permanent home at a heritage railway in the north-east of England. Twizell, ...

To coincide with the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, Royal Mail is set to release a set of stamps honouring Britain’s enduring legacy of steam locomotion. The National Railway Museum has ...

Andrew G Podmore & Son restored the WH Smith news kiosk and bookstall, which once graced Waterloo Station. The work took two ...

Pete Waterman's world-record-holding model railway is on display this week at the Vale of Rheidol museum in Aberystwyth.

A unique model of a historic locomotive has joined the Vale of Rheidol Railway collection. The 7¼-inch gauge live steam model of locomotive No.7 Owain Glyndŵr was built in 1969 by master coppersmith ...

The National Railway Museum has completed a £10.5m refurbishment of its historic Station Hall gallery. After two years of closure, the Grade II-listed building has reopened in time for the York museum ...

ONE tiny town in the middle of the countryside changed travel in the UK and around the globe forever. Shildon in County Durham, is a quaint town that those passing through may assume is just another ...

It has been 200 years since the first steam-powered passenger train on a public line departed from a small, northern mining town. On September 27, 1825, 450 passengers piled on top of coal - in true ...

While Network Rail and the National Rail Museum celebrate the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, the last county in England to get railways is celebrating an anniversary of its own. This year ...

Two hundred years ago, Shildon in north-east England changed the way we travel forever – and its legacy shaped rail networks around the globe. "Would you just look at that?" said Niccy Hallifax, eyes ...