The decades-long effort to advance the design and technology of steam locomotives constantly circled back to the idea of ...

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 ...

Entering service in the early 1930s, these locomotives were built using the De Glehn compound system, like many French locomotives of their time. Advertisement All the Latest Game Footage and ...

The 'Duchess' and other members of her class were the most powerful passenger steam locomotives working on the British railway network during the 1930s. After being withdrawn for scrap in 1964 ...

By the 1930s, however, the overall 2-8-2 design ... To find out which of the 2-8-2 Mikado-type steam locomotives are still operating, check out the Great American Steam Locomotives: Mikados ...

For UK residents a good candidate would be the 1930s; steam locomotive design had reached its peak, the rail network hadn’t been worn out by the demands of wartime, and private car ownership ...

A 1930s steam engine which was bought for £50 in 1950, has been sold at auction for £911,000. The Lion was one of four showman's road locomotives built by agricultural engineers Fowler for the ...

The railway line was used to transport lead ore from mines between 1902 and the 1930s. These days it carries ... being to restore it and use it as a steam locomotive in a project at Penrhyn ...