"We've got so much coal here but the problem is that we can't extract it." Steam locomotives rely on bituminous lump coal to burn, which is relatively smokeless and comparatively clean. The ...

FWHR has sourced steam coal from Poland and Columbia ... In the meantime, we can't stop running our trains. We have a business to run and a large workforce to keep in employment." ...

Residents are up in arms over the thick, acrid smoke billowing from the steam trains of the Welsh Highland Railway which they argue is infiltrating their homes and seriously endangering their health.

Homeowners in Caernarfon, Gwynedd, claim the Welsh Highland Railway’s steam trains are using “dirty coal” and the resulting ...

Ffestiniog and Welsh Highland Railway runs trains run from Porthmadog to Blaenau Ffestiniog and Caernarfon A shortage of coal is worrying vintage steam railway operators as they welcome visitors ...

Locomotive No29 was built in 1908 for the Fife Coal Company’s Mary Pit in Lochore. After being out of service for half a ...