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News about Great Britain, including commentary and archival articles published in The New York Times.
Officials in the United Kingdom have announced a new feature for the 200th anniversary of the first modern steam railway in ...
New biography celebrates Furness Railway Locomotive No. 20, Britain’s oldest working steam engine, highlighting its Cumbria heritage and restoration.
The power to be used will be one or mora stationary steam engines, applied to the moving of the carriage upon which the boats will be transported, by means ot a tow rope or chain.
World-famous steam locomotive the Flying Scotsman will star in a celebration at Barrow Hill Roundhouse to mark 200 years of ...