Two Victorian steam locomotives have been given a permanent home at a heritage railway in the north-east of England. Twizell, ...

Celebrations are taking place to mark 200 years since "the birth of the modern railway" - the Stockton and Darlington Railway on 27 September 1825. But for some, this history is celebrated every time ...

Two hundred years ago, Shildon in north-east England changed the way we travel forever – and its legacy shaped rail networks ...

Hetton-le-Hole and coal – for years the two were inseparable, as was the case in so many North East communities. Virtually all traces of the area’s mining history have now gone, but residents are ...