FAMILIES in North Yorkshire are on track for a week of half-term fun at one of York’s top tourist attractions. The National Railway Museum (NRM) has welcomed the return of the world’s only working ...

He was called the greatest engineer of the 19th century and his work probably changed the world of railways as we now know it. The brilliant inventor is also the man who created the famous Rocket ...

WHEN Philip Sampson told his younger brother Keith he was going to give him a “super model”, this may not have been quite what he expected. In fact, the younger brother was blown away by what he got.

ONE of the world’s most famous and historic steam locomotives arrived wrapped in a blue tarpaulin on the back of a low loader at Shildon this morning (Wednesday). The layers of protective packaging ...

The Rocket is currently on display in the Station Hall at the National Railway Museum in York Robert Stephenson's world-famous Rocket locomotive is to be hidden from public view at the National ...

QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because it was ...

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The evolution of the steam engine is among the milestones in the history of technology, transforming transport, industry, and society. While steam engines and pumps existed from the late 17th century, ...