On a chilly Friday night in early October, a shoulder-to-shoulder crowd thronged around the stage at Lucinda’s in Manhattan’s East Village. It was the bar’s weekly “countryoke” show: A four-piece band ...

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Railway enthusiasts were up at the crack of dawn to see a replica of Locomotion No. 1 depart on the final leg of its journey from Dinsdale Station. The locomotive left the station at 6am on Sunday, ...

Hundreds of railway enthusiasts gathered along the tracks to witness a newly restored replica of Locomotion No. 1 recreate the dawn of the railways two centuries ago. The locomotive, carrying a ...

Hundreds of steam enthusiasts lined the tracks to watch a newly restored replica of Locomotion No.1 re-enact the birth of the railways 200 years ago. The engine, pulling a carriage with the Duke of ...