The world's oldest operating narrow-gauge locomotive will be running in Derby on a temporary railway. A 2ft gauge line is ...

Alstom’s three-day festival in Derby will be the world’s largest-ever gathering of historic and modern rolling stock. It ...

At Penrhyn Quarry, slate seams are on the surface ... but it was the introduction of the narrow gauge railway that transformed the industry. Most famous is the Blaenau Ffestiniog railway which ...

"The slate quarries were described as the most Welsh ... For almost a century the narrow gauge railway hauled slate through Snowdonia before it became the world's first preserved railway in ...

The locomotives have been preserved and run on several narrow gauge heritage railways. Part of the quarry is now a rock climbing centre. And the slate industry still exists in North Wales.

At Penrhyn Quarry, slate seams are on the surface ... but it was the introduction of the narrow gauge railway that transformed the industry. Most famous is the Blaenau Ffestiniog railway which ...