Railway Technologies

If you are a railway buff or are seeking unusual accommodation for your next holiday then why not consider renting an old railway carriage or perhaps a disused station or waiting room?
The idea is not new: the Times newspaper recently wrote about two 19th-century railway carriages in West Wittering in West Sussex “that were turned [...]

The Importance of Transport
There are various reasons why developments in transportation affected the industrial revolution as well as vice versa. Arguably changes in transportation contributed to the onset of the industrial revolution in the first place.
Transportation and the Industrial Revolution were strongly inter connected with each other because without improved modes of transportation it would [...]

Vintage railways in Connecticut offer scenic excursions through the beautiful New England countryside and a step back into a past era. Historic steam locomotives, diesel engines and electric trolley cars power vintage passenger coaches.
Excursions on the historic railways are a terrific family outing, that fun as well as educational. Historic rail lines are an integral [...]

The Metropolitan Railway E Class is a class of 0-4-4T steam locomotives.
A total of seven locomotives were built between 1896 and 1901 by the Metropolitan Railway themselves at their Neasden Works. One locomotive became Metropolitan Railway no. 1 and was a replacement for A Class (4-4-0T) No. 1 which had been scrapped. The other locomotives [...]

Take a trip down memory lane aboard one of Yorkshire’srestored railways.
Relive the heyday of the railways, thanks to a committed band of unpaid enthusiasts. Lines closed to passenger services have been re-opened and locomotives and rolling stock lovingly restored. The county boasts a wide variety of heritage railways – each with its own unique attraction.
Derwent [...]