A REMARKABLY femmer piece of railway ephemera is one of the thousands of items on offer at today’s Darlington Book Fair.

With 150 heritage railways spanning 560 miles of track and 460 stations, taking the train is a great way to explore the UK.

A vote to find the favourite will run until June 1 with the winner to be announced on June 9 - rail pioneer George Stephenson ... which holds the 126mph steam locomotive speed record, travelling ...

It will also showcase Richard Trevithick's Penydarren, John Buddle and William Chapman's Steam Elephant, alongside George ... coming from the top of the locomotive. The Railway Pioneers ...

The 27th September 2025, marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, a railway of great ...

RMS Locotec, a key player in industrial rail services, has centralised its operations in Chesterfield, a hub for rail-related businesses in Europe. The ...

Almost 90 years ago the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), installed huge signs on the railway lineside between London ...

Railway 200 commemorates the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) in 1825 when George Stephenson drove Locomotion No ... The Erecting Shop of the North British Locomotive Company’s ...

The Liverpool and Manchester Railway is often described as the first locomotive-worked mainline railway. The first two tunnels were inherited by civil engineer, George Stephenson, who wanted to avoid ...