Here’s a fascinating look at high-tech manufacturing in the 1930’s. This week’s Retrotechtacular features the building of a steam-powered locomotive. The quality of the black and white footage, and ...

The first new-build steam locomotive for the British mainline in more than half a century is set to be in steam this month and next. The North Yorkshire Moors Railway (NYMR) has announced that the ...

The East Lancashire Railway's Mike Kelly has announced that 60163 Tornado will be visiting them for their Legends of Steam ...

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At one time long ago, steam was the way to power a train from point A to point B. The steam locomotive was a tradition in England, but the last new steam train was released in 1960 as gas and electric ...

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Steam locomotives, as a technological product of the 19th century, are not what you would imagine as fragile machines. The engineering involved is not inconsequential, there is little about them that ...