The Stockton & Darlington Railway will mark its bicentennial anniversary in September of 2025 with a nine-month-long festival named S&DR200, officials have confirmed. To mark the monumental 200th-year ...

People tend to love stream trains and there's no doubt that everybody loves fish and chips so the idea of combining the two - especially at what is classed as the 'world's oldest railway' - was always ...

New research has unearthed the fascinating history and global significance of a 19th-century locomotive refuelling stage in County Durham. Historic England carried out the study of the coal drops as ...

Darlington is set to play host to a 'living, breathing pageant of steam' that'll wow railways fans with the 'thunderous reunion of six iconic steam legends'. Hopetown Darlington will be front and ...

Campaigners are rallying to save a nearly 200-year-old train station that helped launch the age of steam-powered passenger travel. It has now been added to the 2024 Heritage at Risk Register, which ...

A steam train that once served coalmines in north-east England will return to the region five decades after it was removed from service. National Coal Board No. 54, built in 1952 to help cope with the ...

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Today's Object of the Week is actually a series of objects which feature in a new exhibition exploring the impact of passenger railways on life in the North East. A new exhibition in Durham explores ...