Full disclosure: When I’m not dealing with full-size railroad rolling stock, I operate (don’t say “play with,” please) model trains. I have a fully operational O scale railway, and a collection of HO ...

Richard Fifield’s Epsom basement is a bustling depot. “Jug City Railway,” the miniature railroad he began building in 1981, now boasts a Walmart loading dock, an oil refinery, a wood pulp plant and ...

The first locomotive to successfully use an AC (alternating current) three-phase asynchronous traction motor drive system was the German DE2500 diesel-electric in 1971, built by Henschel-BBC. DB ...

High-speed railways combine both speed and efficiency. From the Shinkansen bullet train in Japan to the French TGV, high-speed trains have a history that spans several decades. The evolution of ...

Nine-month history festival kicked off in County Durham by the All Change one-off event, with a Skymagic drone show and live action. Inspired by conversations with local historians, All Change brought ...

Officials from Wabtec and VLI have signed a contract for new locomotives. Credit: Wabtec Corporation. US-based Wabtec has received a contract worth around $38.3m (R$200m) from logistics solutions ...

A man who torched a model railway at a popular tourist attraction has been jailed for more than two and a half years.