After the Second World War, the drive for the modernisation of Britain's railways ushered in a new breed of locomotive: the Diesel. Diesel-powered trains had be
The first steam locomotives used on any British railway, worked in industry. The use of new and second hand former main line locomotives, was once a widespread
Britain was the pioneering force behind the birth of the steam locomotive. This authoritative visual reference spans over 150 years of railway history, featurin
After WWII the existing railway companies were all put into the control of the newly formed British Transport Commission and that government organization spawne