National Museum Wales gives first steam-powered locomotive an ‘absurd’ new context as part of ‘decolonisation’ of its collection Craig Simpson is Arts Correspondent for The Telegraph covering the ...

Bridgnorth remembers the part it played in railway history when it celebrates the 200th anniversary of the birth of the world's first passenger locomotive in 2008. People in Bridgnorth are preparing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An 1885 construction crew builds a train crossing above the Green River in the Cascade Mountains, Washington. In 1804, a British ...

It’s been more than two centuries since Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick showed off his railway invention in the Welsh mining town of Merthyr Tydfil, changing the world in the process. By ...

A train ticketing app is on the hunt for relatives of an unsung British rail pioneer to give him the recognition he deserves. Virgin Trains Ticketing is looking for those related to Richard Trevithick ...

Train enthusiasts may know his name, but to others today's Google doodle may be something of a mystery. The steam locomotive proudly puffing away on the homepage is in fact celebrating the 240th ...

ON April 27, simultaneous meetings of the members of the Newcomen Society were held in London and New York. At both places, two papers were read, the first being by Mr. W. W. Mason on Trevithick's ...