27, 2024. Keith Fender DR bought a fleet of large and powerful 700-hp 2-10-2T steam locomotives in the mid-1950s and these remain the main motive power today. HSB owns all 17 that were built; most ...

Still, there’s only one locomotive on display in my office at home, which must make it the locomotive I love the best. I’m talking about the Lionel No. 675 steam engine and tender I received for ...

I'm talking about the Lionel No. 675 steam engine and tender I received for Christmas back in 1950. My parents gave me more than just the locomotive. I discovered under our family Christmas tree a ...

The 1950s and 1960s were a challenging time for the railways and the decisions made then are still felt today.

A historic steam locomotive is set to leave the Isle of Wight for a new life in the Midlands. The 1918 Barclay 0-6-0T locomotive Ajax, which has spent more than 50 years on the Isle of Wight, is ...

After time in Bath, the train will depart at 17:53 and will pass through Westbury (18:25) on its way to Salibsury, where it will arrive at 19:00. Here, diesel traction takes over from steam and will ...

CLIFTON FORGE, Va. (WVVA) - A group has announced the purchase of and plans to restore a historic steam locomotive that once ran through Summers, Raleigh and Fayette Counties. RJD America LLC ...

Vintage Trains will be running their Christmas White Rose this Wednesday (27th November) to York. The tour will be hauled by either 5043 Earl of Mount Edgcumbe or 7029 Clun Castle. After time in York, ...

Trainspotters flocked to stations across Hertfordshire as an historic locomotive steamed through ... from London Kings Cross to York for Steam Dreams Rail Co. The loco called at Potters Bar ...

Hy-polite Uhry, and Henry A. Luttgens, both of Patterson, N. J., for overheating steam within the smoke box of locomotive engines for the purpose of improving the working of steam in cylinders ...