In 1928, a train service linking London and Edinburgh became the world’s longest non-stop run.

David Livingstone relives the historic moment when he became the first European to see the Victoria Falls.

Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, welcomed the way that railway construction had taught Indian navvies to demand a fair day’s pay for a fair day’s labour.

Sir Bartle Frere, Governor of Bombay, shared his excitement at the way railways were making Indians more independent.

Michael Faraday’s tour of Europe included a ‘picturesque’ multicultural event on the slopes of Mount Vesuvius.

The more that pioneering engineer George Stephenson understood of the world around him, the more his sense of wonder grew.