In the midst of World War II, the company was tasked with creating a more powerful steam engine that was capable of hauling heavy loads on a single locomotive, thus birthing the Big Boy.

However, it was a revolutionary technology that, upon its inception, helped power everything from a simple car engine to entire trains and commercial ships. However, steam engines had their own ...

The steam cylinder piston goes down ... weighs a staggering 35 tons. The engine was transported from Cornwall to London by ship, before being loaded onto a barge for the journey up the Thames ...