A train enthusiast has spent more than five years building a stunning working miniature railroad track – in his own backyard.

In recognition of the contribution and bravery of the Armed Forces, veterans, serving personnel and cadets are invited to travel free of charge on Remembrance Sunday.

The Connecticut River bridge alone is worth the fare, especially when the surrounding hills are dressed in October’s finest. Mystic and New London make excellent stops if you want to hop off and ...

The dad-of-two drives steam and electric engines he made himself and hosts open days for fellow train lovers. A lifelong ...

The internal combustion version of running out of steam refers to having so little liquid gasoline left in your tank that your car is just burning the vapors left over. But as more vehicles go ...

The Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad in Chama, New Mexico, is exactly that kind of revelation – a 64-mile journey through untouched wilderness that will make you forget your smartphone exists. Let me ...

There’s a moment on the Cumbres & Toltec Scenic Railroad when you’ll swear time travel is real – steam billowing overhead, wheels clacking rhythmically on narrow-gauge tracks, and New Mexico’s ...

The famous Power Hall at Manchester’s Science & Industry Museum – that warehouse of steam-powered engines, heaving hydraulics and giant trains – has reopened, with the favourite enormous machines of ...

A new railway training centre has been named after the man behind some of Britain's best-known steam locomotives. Sir Nigel ...

The Soulé Steam Museum is America’s last intact steam engine factory, and even helped the key brothers set the world record for endurance flight. Friday and Saturday, they are hosting a live steam ...

Illinois engineers have developed a self-healing concrete rail tie system using shape memory alloys that return to their ...