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The article focuses on the restoration of locomotive artifacts Horse Drawn Carriage and the Steam Lorry at the Nehru Science Centre (NSCM), Mumbai, India. It also reports the display of vintage locomotives including the HAL HF 24 Marut Fighter aircraft, Tramcar and Steam Waggon, at the science park. It also discusses the history of Steam Engine which was invented by British engineer James Watt in the year 1775.

The article focuses on the popularity of antique wooden wagons and western vehicles with collectors, businesses, communities, reenactors and entertainment venues, and how craftsmen from South Dakota have helped preserved the country's early vehicles.

The article offers author's insight on her passion for all things vintage, antiques, or relics. She says aside from the monetary value, relics and vintage often have a special quality, as absorbed the essence of part owners. She mentions that her friend Norman Frost is a cart restorer and wheelwright and Frost's collection is a broad selection of vehicles that tells story regarding the past.

This section offers news briefs on heritage and antiquities. A restoration project for two Pullman coaches Elmira and Maid of Kent is planned under a partnership between the Ravenglass Railway Museum Trust and Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway. The Heritage Skills Academy and Brooklands Museum has partnered to offer apprenticeships in heritage engineering. Roman antiquities were discovered during a major road upgrade of the A1 between Leeming and Barton, North Yorkshire, England.

The article offers information on several wagons donated at the Days of 76 Museum in Deadwood, South Dakota since 1924 for the annual Days of 76 parade. It states that the collection of wagons include a freighting wagon, lumber wagons, and stagecoaches. Remarks from museum's exhibits director Darrel Nelson about the design of wagons are presented.

The article reports on the notable passenger growth in the railway industry in Ireland in 2014 and the renovation of 11 ex-IÉ Mk 3 carriages for the Belmond-operated Grand Hibermian land cruise train in Scotland.

The article reports that a call for a Hungarian Forint (HUF) 65 billion tender has been made by The Centre for Budapest Transport (BKK) in order to refurbish the carriages used on the metro line in Budapest and states the Hungarian government is only negotiating with a Russian firm at this time.