The Kew Bridge Steam Museum in London has the largest working Cornish Steam Engine in the World. It was actually built for the site to pump water to West London and started work on the 30th May 1846.
Instead, this is a steam turbine, nothing like the 1920s ... prototype turbo-generator will replace the diesel engine in a redundant British Rail class 60 freight locomotive.
Just over half a century ago, the world's best-loved steam engine was destined for scrap. That it was saved was down to the efforts of one man - a true British eccentric. But his love for the ...
A 1930s steam engine which was bought for £50 in 1950, has been sold at auction for £911,000. The Lion was one of four showman's road locomotives built by agricultural engineers Fowler for the ...
In this collection of television and radio programmes, we celebrate the craftsmanship inherent in steam trains and the beauty of the British countryside through which these locomotives have passed.