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 ...

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.

Locomotive Carmyllie Pilot outside an engine shed in Aviemore following its restoration. A 74-year-old steam locomotive has been returned to working order following more than two decades of ...

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 ...

The engine bore the No. 576. Dark and sleek, they nicknamed it "The Stripe" after the narrow yellow marking down its side. It roared down the tracks for the very first time in 1942 — the same month ...

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