A historic Carlisle rail depot will get a new 140m canopy to store main line steam engines, preserving railway heritage and ...

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 places, but ...

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It may not be a bullet train, but a steam locomotive made history this week as it became the first steam-driven train clocking 100 mph (161 km/h) on a British mainline track in over 50 years. On ...

New locomotives that run on electricity and renewable fuels could reduce rail freight emissions by more than half on a typical journey. A £150m investment was made into Class 99 locomotives, which ...

A historic Carlisle rail depot will get a new 140m canopy to store main line steam engines, preserving railway heritage and boosting future tourism.

Britain's most advanced locomotive yet has been unveiled in Cambridgeshire. GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the UK’s leading rail freight operators and backed by Infracapital, has revealed its new Class ...

GB Railfreight will operate the six-axle Class 99 bi-mode locomotives. Credit: Beacon Rail Lux Holdings S.á.r.l. Switzerland-based Stadler has secured a contract from Becon Rail to deliver 30 Class 99 ...

GE Transportation and Colas Rail Ltd., one of Europe’s largest providers of rail infrastructure services, have signed an agreement for GE to provide 10 Class 70 UK PowerHaul Series locomotives. “The ...