China and Japan have won the high-speed train race. With bullet trains crisscrossing the Asian supercontinent, it has made the grandfather of rail, the UK look as slow as the rocket. Why does the UK ...
Man 1: Rocket and Mallard were powered by coal and steam… the Inter-City 125 by diesel… Eurostar by electricity. And the bullet train and The railways have shaped our world and our environment.
The locomotive is one of three 21st-Century steam locomotives hitting the tracks at Cotswold Festival of Steam this weekend A newly-built steam locomotive will carry its first passengers this weekend.