Volunteers at a heritage railway have teamed up with Network Rail to expand their offering. More than 800 volunteers help to run the East Lancashire Railway (ELR), which was originally built in the ...

The railway said diesel engines would be used instead to reduce the risk of fires.

"Let's face it, we're just not that into emotions," Brian tells me with a smile talking with other volunteers at a heritage steam railway in northern England. They are discussing a popular TV ...

The volunteer-run Swanage Railway now spends about £1,500 a day on coal to operate each locomotive.

Heritage railways have been badly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. Credit: Dan Shorthouse. When UK-based events company PNP Events decided to cancel its Polar Express trains running through the ...

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