Archaeologists looking for Roman remains have stumbled across an even more historic find - a wooden railway which was instrumental in the development of the Industrial Revolution. An excavation on the ...

A rare and “exquisite” wooden figure from the early Roman period has been unearthed during work on the future HS2 high-speed railway line in the UK. The figure, believed to be about 2,000 years old, ...

Chinese manufacturer used lead paint on the wooden toys. June 13, 2007 — -- One of the most-beloved toys in the world has joined the growing list of Chinese-made products to be pulled from store ...

The old wooden escalators at Wynyard Railway Station are some of the few remaining wooden escalators in use around the world and its fate is to be decided soon with major plans to upgrade the station.