17:01, Sun, May 25, 2025 Updated: 17:02, Sun, May 25, 2025 Steam train fans will have the chance to see the steam train that featured in Paddington 2 travel through seven UK counties this summer ...

Built new in 2008 by The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust, Tornado is the first mainline steam locomotive constructed in the UK ...

Instead, this is a steam turbine, nothing like the 1920s and 30s experiments with conventional locomotives, nor even the Union Pacific’s oil-fired condensing turbo-electrics.

The most powerful steam locomotive is indeed an impressive engine, whose massive build offered output to match. It has a 2-10-10-2 wheel layout, and has 48-inch low pressure cylinders hanging on ...