Steam has returned to the Stewartstown Railroad for the first time in 83 years, giving a young trainman an opportunity to experience and learn how his ancestors mastered transportation without ...

In celebrating trains on screen for the 200th anniversary of Britain’s passenger railways, who could forget a certain tank engine called Thomas, who debuted on television in 1984 and would later ...

The Federal Railroad Administration issued an updated Safety Advisory yesterday explaining that there is now an expansion of the program begun in 2005 to check some 2,700 locomotives' main reservoir ...

The Island of Sodor is closer than you think. In fact, it’s in South Carver, Mass., about two hours away. If you know Thomas the Tank Engine, you know what we’re talking about. Thomas and his ...

To mark Thomas the Tank Engine’s 75th anniversary, Prince Harry is introducing a new story about the impish train. To celebrate, here are 75 facts about the lovable locomotive. 1. Thomas was created ...

A mod for The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim has replaced the Xbox 360 game’s dragons with a disturbing, fire-breathing version of fictional steam locomotive Thomas the Tank Engine. A clip of the adventure ...

Thomas the Tank Engine has a huge following in Japan. Known here as Kikansha Tomasu, literally Tank Engine Thomas, the cheeky train and his group of hard-working friends are so popular they even have ...

The tank locomotive hauled its last freight train in 1964 A historic steam locomotive restored at a cost of £200,000 after it was saved from a scrapyard has hauled its first passenger train in 43 ...

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