Steam-powered vehicles are not usually deemed as being parked at the cutting edge of transport technology. Nor do they seem to be the type to race across desert landscapes in a bid to smash land speed ...

THE steam engine was one of the greatest inventions of the 18th century, establishing Britain as the leader of the Industrial Revolution. Although many are credited with aiding the development of the ...

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Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. It is 5.20am and I’m sound asleep in a guest house in Wolsztyn, a small town in western Poland. The light snaps ...

The Pontypool and Blaenavon Railway sits at the heart of a World Heritage Site on the edge of the Brecon Beacons. The area is a poignant and lasting monument to its industrial past. Flanked by the ...