The "cab-forward" design of steam locomotives, while an innovative idea, was often more trouble than it was worth. This ...

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Invented by Liverpool businessman Frank Hornby, the massive success of the brand made him a millionaire. Hornby entered politics in 1931 when he was elected as a Conservative MP for Everton.

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Alan Turing was one of the most influential British figures of the 20th century. In 1936, Turing invented the computer as part of his attempt to solve a fiendish puzzle known as the ...

Tornado is a new-build A1 Pacific No. 60163 and the first mainline steam locomotive built in the UK since 1960. It was also on the Settle to Carlisle line on May 31, on its 'West Yorkshireman ...

Fabien Rochefort, CEO Akiem/Steffen Bobsien, Vice President Locomotives & Coaches Siemens Mobility GmbH (from left to right). Credit: Siemens Mobility. Akiem, a locomotive leasing and maintenance ...

A thrilling ride on a high-steed steam locomotive is featured in this article from June 1950 Trains Magazine by then-Editor David P. Morgan. Engineer Valentine Ureda pulls up the drop seat within the ...

KAMLOOPS — A momentous Monday evening (June 2) for the Kamloops Heritage Railway Society (KHR) as the 2141 steam locomotive emerged from storage for the first time in nearly six years. KHR Leader of ...

But where did steel come from? As it turns out, modern steel owes its invention to a man by the name of Henry Bessemer. Henry Bessemer was born in 1813 in England. His father was an inventor ...

Morning glory plants live in symbiosis with fungi that produce the same ergot alkaloids the Swiss chemist Albert Hofmann modified when he invented LSD in the late 1930s. Hofmann hypothesized that ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. Share ROME (AP) — French scientist Etienne-Emile ...