Democrat and Chronicle

All aboard: Little locomotive fulfills museum's dreams of steam

For the first time since the 1950s, a steam-powered locomotive will whistle through Genesee Valley. Starting this weekend, and continuing Aug. 26-27, the Rochester & Genesee Valley Railroad Museum ...
salisburypost

All aboard: NC Transportation Museum offers spring trips on trains pulled by 1950s steam locomotive

The N.C. Transportation Museum in Spencer on Thursday showed off a Class J #611 steam locomotive to promote trips to Lynchburg, Va., on April 8 and to Charlotte on April 9. Travelers will ride trains ...
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1950s Steam Engines Trot into Train Sim World 2 on PS5, PS4

Driving high-powered modern trains through urban and rural environments is entertaining, but rail enthusiasts have been clamouring for some more classic rides to arrive in Train Sim World 2. Dovetail ...
East Anglian Daily Times 24

David Buck prepares to travel back through Ipswich aboard the Mayflower steam train

As a boy in the 1950s, David Buck liked nothing more than being taken to work by his father and being allowed to visit Ipswich station – opposite his father’s office. From there he could indulge in a ...
Daily Mail

From on-board barbers and steam speed records to a stay at the rail hotel where J K Rowling wrote the final Harry Potter book: A look back at LNER's fascinating history as it ...

Happy birthday to LNER, 100 years old today! To celebrate this landmark, I have recently returned from an Inverness-to-London rail trip using LNER services and, to break the eight-hour journey in ...