Trains and Railways
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Oldest underground train in Britain to return to London Transport Museum in £422,000 rebuild
The public will be invited inside a train which rattled around the 19th century Circle Line following a major year-long restoration project at the London Transport Museum.
Flying Scotsman restoration update: Classic loco due to return in spring 2012
Pictures from the National Railway Museum's restoration of the Flying Scotsman, which is due to return to the tracks in late spring 2012.
Record-breaking rail relic to go on public show at Electric Railway Museum in Coventry
An electrical carriage which set the UK rail speed record when it topped 162 miles an hour on the Advanced Passenger Train Prototype is about to get a paint job and become a star exhibit.
Ambitious plan to open up the hidden underground spaces of London takes shape
The CEO of The Old London Underground Company Ajit Chambers says his plans to convert and open up 26 disused railway stations are taking shape.
Curator's Choice: Glasgow Riverside Museum's John Messner on a South African Railways gem
The Curator of Transport and Technology at the UK's finest new transport museum introduces its largest exhibit.
Museums at Night: Railway Sights and Sounds as Topsham Museum celebrates 150 years of history
Topsham Museum uses its current show, 150 Years of the Exeter to Exmouth Railway, as a focus for Museums at Night.
East Anglian Railway Museum expands and celebrates a forty-year journey
A railway museum in East Anglia is celebrating 40 years with a new heritage centre dedicated to its former president.
Bellingham Heritage Centre home of North-East rail hails "crucial" £174,000 Lottery Fund grant
A heritage centre set up by volunteers 17 years ago is to turn use a pair of historic trains as education and gallery spaces.
Museum of Science and Industry boiler is top of the pops for £50,000 Pete Waterman campaign
Hitmaker Pete Waterman gets behind his beloved locomotive engines in Manchester with a Head of Steam Campaign.
Scarborough station which was Victorian tourist gateway to become £550,000 hub for visual arts
A crumbling railway station with an enormous toilet and one of the world's largest benches will be reborn in North Yorkshire.
Commemorative stamp set celebrates unsung heroes of steam railways
Royal Mail pays tribute to the ‘workhorses’ of the railways in the first of a new series of miniature sheets.
Historic locomotive reunited with its nameplate at Welsh Highland Railway
A nameplate belonging to a star loco of the Welsh Highland Heritage Railway has been found after it was lost for years.
Monkwearmouth Station Museum brings historic rolling stock inside for restoration
Two historic railway wagons have been moved into a new workshop for repair work at Monwearmouth Station Museum.
Guest Article: 50 years of Diesel locomotives celebrated at the National Railway Museum
The National Railway Museum in York celebrates a major milestone in rail history - five decades of Diesel locomotives.
Stevenage Locomotive Society bring their railwayana to Letchworth Museum
Letchworth Museum is showcasing a collection of railway memorabilia from the Stevenage Locomotive Society.
