Future steam power

From third-class seats open to the elements, to the gold-plated interiors of Queen Victoria’s Royal Train, we mark this milestone anniversary with a nostalgic look through the ages

Acres of gleaming brass, piercing whistles and history come alive: traction-engine rallies are a gloriously British summer celebration attended by hundreds of thousands of steam devotees, says James Hamilton

CONSIDER FOR A moment, as we are pressured into adopting zero-emissions vehicles and the ban on the sale of fossil-fuelled vehicles becomes imminent, that Britain, in public transport at least, was on

In the last of our series expoloring rail’s history, development and function in relation to rival transport modes, CHRISTIAN WOLMAR takes to the skies

The Greatest Gathering at Derby on August 1-3 brings together a host of exhibits from the railway over the last 200 years, but there are more than 100 modern traction locos and multiple units alone, a

Because motorcycle engineering is beautiful