Sessions included in this Train Driver Journey include: Steam - Basic Movement Steam - Cutoff Control Steam - Resource Management The Blue Comet The Repair and Rescue Free Drive Collect the full ...

A plaque has been unveiled at a railway station in East Sussex for a train driver who was killed while operating a service in ...

Bob Donovan retired from state rail three years ago. Now he drives a privately owned steam train with growing concerns that the 10 tonne of coal required per shift is getting harder to come by.

It is believed Clarke, whose father Don spent 49 years working on the railways, is the youngest person to achieve the honour of becoming a mainline steam train driver since 1968. He said: "A good ...

A steam train enthusiast says he will continue to drive his locomotive for as long as possible after being given a year to live. Adrian Shooter, who is well known in the rail industry, used to run ...

The longest serving steam train driver in Britain has passed away after 63 years of unbroken service to the British rail industry. Dave Knowling, 78, from Holne, Devon first joined British Rail in ...

A steam train driver has become the youngest to qualify on the mainline for almost half a century. Jim Clarke, 33, pulled out of Victoria in London today in the Belmond British Pullman. He "passed ...

The coal mine is to shut down within two years, so the train drivers are counting their days. It is still very dark at 7 a.m. in Sandaoling. The only light comes from a bathhouse, the meeting place ...

An iconic British steam train featured in Paddington 2 and Top Gear has become the first ever to be 'future-proofed' amid a wider plot to remove much-loved traditional traffic signals. The changes ...

HARD work on the railways is the secret to long life, according to one of Darlington’s oldest men. Former steam engine driver Albert Hawman celebrates his 104th birthday surrounded by family and ...

To get the train and its 364 tonnes of coal moving again on the slippery track, Cheng has to inch forward and back. At a speed of only 30 kph, it takes an hour for the train to reach the mining zone.