The Chapman family owned the Belle Ewart Ice Company, located on the present-day Belle Ewart Park, and changed the name to ...

An army of unpaid volunteers are behind a Cornwall town's annual festival celebrating the famous inventor Richard Trevithick. It will be the 41st Trevithick Day with crowds gathering to see the ...

The tourism industry posted underwhelming results for the first four months this year as the international market contracted by 0.2% year-on-year.In response, last week the cabinet approved a series ...

A long-forgotten piece of Butte's mining history is getting a second chance. The restoration of Engine 25, a historic steam ...

"People like to see the steam engines, they are exciting, they are noisy when they are travelling about, that is probably one of the most popular exhibits and the rides are really popular with the ...

In 1948, a devastating boiler explosion in Chillicothe, Ohio turned a steam locomotive into a twisted mass of metal and marked a symbolic end to steam’s dominance in American rail. Though not the ...

But unusually dry weather this spring has led to Network Rail banning steam engines from pulling trains in many parts of the countryside. There are fears that sparks from the chimneys could set ...

A rediscovered and restored version of the pilot episode of Thomas & Friends, the animated children's steam train series ...

This week’s Pete’s Pick of the Week carries a historical theme: We’re talking about two over-a-century-in-age tractors and an antique Case steam engine bringing in notable returns on the ...

It means steam-powered engines will need to be fitted with these digital screens and software too if they are to continue running on the mainline and survive the network updates. Trials are ...

04:00, Fri, May 9, 2025 Choo choo! All aboard for the 80th anniversary of Thomas the Tank Engine. The little blue steam engine and his colourful friends on the Island of Sodor are celebrating the ...