The dry tone of The Engineer’s coverage of the 1935 launch of a new high-speed train service from London Kings Cross to Newcastle belies the significance of what now marks a major moment in the ...

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Yorkshire will always be associated with the world famous Class A4 steam locomotives, all 35 of which were built in Doncaster between 1935 and 1938. Those still surviving are as popular today as in ...

Image caption, Sir Nigel Gresley has been on show with the five other surviving A4 class steam locomotives at Locomotion, the National Railway Museum, at Shildon, County Durham 3 March 2014 A steam ...

The 60009 Union of South Africa will haul the service between Edinburgh Waverley and Tweedbank on 10 September, just four days after the new railway opens. It is one of six remaining LNER Class A4 ...