Trains That Changed The World

The Flying Scotsman was a remarkable steam engine built in 1923 that revolutionised travel within the U.K. as the first train to break the 100mph barrier, inspiring the world to use trains for high-speed transport.

The Great Western Railway; luxury railway travel, from the Orient Express and the 900-mile Blue Train of South Africa to the Trans-Siberian Railway.

The Industrial Revolution was the single most important event in the development of the modern railway, and one train from that era came to symbolise the new age of steam: Stephenson's Rocket.

The London Underground, which first began operating in 1863, changed the way we get around cities forever, transporting people deep underground to clear congested streets.