Discover Barry Cobb’s maritime paintings at Purbeck Mining Museum, celebrating Poole Harbour’s clay industry heritage and historic vessels.

After nearly 75 years, the Rio Grande Southern No. 20 locomotive will ride the Durango & Silverton Narrow Gauge rails once ...

Prince, the oldest operating narrow-gauge locomotive in the world – built in 1863 – will then be able to haul passengers in two of the Ffestiniog Railway’s original carriages.

Miniature railways Alongside narrow-gauge heroes, standard-gauge legends such as Locomotion No. 1, LNER Class A4 Sir Nigel Gresley and the world’s fastest diesel locomotive have already been confirmed ...

Four narrow-gauge steam locomotives are to visit The Greatest Gathering. First up are Prince and Trangkil No. 4, courtesy of the Ffestiniog Railway and Statfold Barn Railway, respectively. Completing ...

Mining companies and the Trump administration want the metals to boost manufacturing. Environmentalists and some countries worry industrial mining would harm oceans.

A proposed mine beneath the Cabinet Mountains Wilderness that has been a beacon of hope for mining proponents and a source of concern for environmental groups c ...

To mark International Women’s Day we’re digging into an often overlooked, but critical sector for the global economy, and for many millions of women: Artisanal and Smallscale Mining (ASM). From gold, ...

Statunga Investments has been awarded an additional small-scale mining licence for the Luansobe copper project, in Zambia, in which Galileo Resources has a 75% interest. This follows the granting ...

Battery Locomotives in Thailand EA MINE battery locomotive for passenger service. EA photo. CRRC’s Dalian plant in China produced a six-axle, 1,000 mm (narrow) gauge battery locomotive for Thailand.

SWITZERLAND: Narrow gauge operators Rhätische Bahn and Matterhorn Gotthard Bahn have placed a SFr100m joint order for 11 Stadler electro-diesel locomotives. The 1 000 mm gauge locomotives will be ...