Trains That Changed the World

The Great Western Railway (GWR), designed and engineered by Isambard Kingdom Brunel and opened in 1838, opened up the railways to travelers within Britain and ushered in an eria of luxury and sleeper carriages

The Flying Scotsman was a remarkable steam engine built in 1923 that revolutionized 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 Industrial Revolution was the single most important event in the development of the modern railway, and one train from that era came to symbolize 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.