Trains & Railways: General Interest

Since the dawn of the railways, away from the glamour of the main line express, thousands of miles of industrial railway moved raw materials and fi...

Known as the Prairies, these tank engines of the 2-6-2T variety were some of Churchwards earliest designs and were the precursor for successful var...

For almost 50 years, High Speed Trains (HSTs) have been the mainstay for express services for many operators in the UK. While they were used extens...

At the start of the Menji Era Japan emerged from its hundreds of years of self-imposed isolation and modernised rapidly. Part of this modernisation...

On December 18, 1867, the Buffalo and Erie Railroads eastbound New York Express derailed as it approached the high truss bridge over Big Sister Cre...

Although goods traffic accounted in many cases for a higher proportion of railway companies revenue than passengers, the buildings associated with ...