There’s nothing more guaranteed to excite a grizzled old railway enthusiast than the sight of a steam locomotive. The original main-line rail propulsion technology still clings on in a few ...

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.

The Trials were held by the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company, to find the best locomotive engine for ... to the fire by concentrating exhaust steam at the base of the chimney.