John Bright dismissed fears that digging a tunnel under the English Channel would encourage a French invasion.

Once railway engineer Thomas Brassey made a promise he kept it — even if he wasn’t aware that he’d made one.

For George Stephenson, the motto of the Stockton and Darlington Railway was a code to live by.

A gentleman travelling home from London by train reached his destination carrying more than he set out with.

William Murdoch and Samuel Clegg brought warmth and light into the country’s streets, factories and homes, but the public didn’t make it easy.

When it opened in 1901, the Uganda Railway still wasn’t in Uganda, and Westminster’s MPs were still debating whether or not to build it.