A NOTEWORTHY Parlimentary paper has recently been issued containing correspondence respecting the comparative merits of British, Belgian and American built locomotives running on the Egyptian railways ...

Thought to have been dismantled during Sierra Leone's civil war - these are the long-lost British locomotives humanitarians hope will help the country recover from the Ebola crisis. The steam engines ...

LOCOMOTIVE engineers, like their brethren in the medical profession, very often differ widely in their practice; again, they often follow the practice of some older locomotive engineer dead and gone, ...

A volunteer-run heritage railway is celebrating one of its diesel locomotives reaching 30 years in preservation service. The Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, based in Cheltenham, is marking ...

The saying old is gold applies aptly to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa government’s suggestion to get British-era steam locomotives up and running to revive tourism. The proposal, forwarded by the Sports, ...

Nicknamed Streaks due to their speed and sleek lines, they were the pride of Britain’s railways. The A4 class locomotives were built in the Thirties to haul the fastest express passenger trains from ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Publisher Information The Railway & Locomotive Historical Society, founded in 1921, is the first organization to focus on railroad history. Its purpose ...

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Positive Traction US (PTUS) LLC’s British affiliate, Positive Traction Ltd., has converted a former British Rail Class 08 switcher from diesel-electric to 100% battery-electric propulsion, with ...

The first new steam locomotive in Britain for almost half a century chugs into action today after a major fund-raising campaign. The newly built Tornado 60163 steam train moves for the first time at ...

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