The Age of Steam was born in Britain, it was one of the greatest technological breakthroughs the world had ever seen. It changed everything from the food we could eat to the jobs we could do and it ...
As Britain celebrates 200 years of the modern railway, discover the world's oldest track or become a steam train driver for a day Surprisingly, the weather 200 years ago obliged, with the Durham ...
In the 1930s, speed records became a matter of national prestige, and Nazi Germany used high speed locomotives as propaganda symbols of technological dominance. Britain responded with the LNER Class ...