It's been 65 years since Thomas the Tank Engine first chugged into the hearts of young readers in 1945. Thomas started out as "Edward the Blue Engine" -- star of the many stories the Rev. Wilbert ...

Rail power has been the engine that built and toppled entire empires. Like so many an invention throughout history, it has been turned into a tool of warfare. In this episode, we are going to ...

The 2022 season on Suffolk's only standard gauge steam railway has got underway with a visit from the Easter Bunny and two unusual locomotives in… ...

FAMILY favourite Thomas The Tank Engine will be one of the top attractions of the Telford Steam Railway, in Shropshire, ... Steam train and tram rides available 11am-4.30pm, ...

On July 10, 1904, the last Bury steam tram ran as far as the Swan Inn at Woolfold. This was to accommodate a party of revellers from the pub who had been away for the day and needed to get home ...

The Dublin & Blessington Steam Tram company opened in 1888, running what was essentially a cross between a steam train and a horse-drawn tram. A small double-cabined steam engine (which resembled ...

Toby is based on the J70 tram engine from the Great Eastern Railway, ... Roadside steam tramways like this one were rare in Britain, although they were seen more frequently in Ireland and Europe.

The Melbourne Steam Traction Engine Club in Scoresby yesterday took delivery of a Z-class tram which they bought for just $1. Club member John Meade said they bought the tram, which was no longer ...

One of Greater Manchester's Metrolink trams has been renamed in honour of a tourist steam railway line. Tram number 1007 was renamed as East Lancashire Railway (ELR) at a ceremony at Bury Interchange ...

It’s out with the coal and in with the biofuel for steam tram no. 100, which will operate on a renewable energy source made from trees at MOTAT Live Day on August 20. Developed by Crown Research ...

The tram, which was built by Alan Keefe Ltd for the then Telford Development Corporation, originally ran on about 300 yards of 2ft narrow gauge line in the park in the 1970s and 80s.