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Famous Steam Engine The Flying ScotsmanThe famous steam engine the Flying Scotsman. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images). The 21.34m-long, 100-tonne machine was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley
Airship Ascends24th September 1852: The ascent of French engineer and inventor Henri Giffauds first steam airship. Collection of the Musee de l Aeromautique (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Union Pacific TrainA Union Pacific freight train moves through a mountainous area, circa 1930. (Photo by Gabriel Hackett/Getty Images)
KopernicusThe German built steam engine Kopernicus, fresh from the locomotive factory in Esslingen am Neckar, near Stuttgart. Factory workers stand on and around the new engine
Steam EngineSteam locomotive Princess Anne at Camden, London, beside an array of LNWR (London North-Western Railway) lower quadrant signals. (Photo by Dean/Getty Images)
Thirsty Giant9th August 1933: A down train on the tebay troughs, Westmoreland taking up water prior to the ascent of Shap Fell one of the steepest main line gradients in the country
Railway Houses1956: A steam train passing houses which back onto the line, in Yorkshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8067 - The Importance of Being Yorkshire - unpub
Flying ScotsmanJuly 1931: The Flying Scotsman train leaves Kings Cross station, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Royal Scot20th February 1933: The Royal Scot steam train in action. It is to be exhibited at the World Fair in Chicago. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Steam Locomotivecirca 1950: A steam locomotive. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Railway Bridgecirca 1950: The cross-over railway bridge at Newcastle on Tyne. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Drifting Steamcirca 1950: A steam train about to enter a newly completed tunnel in Denmark. The tunnel will allow passengers from Copenhagen to travel to the island of Mon. (Photo by Evans/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Hoisting LocomotiveJune 1927: A steam locomotive being hoisted on a ship at Newcastle, bound for India. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Loading LocomotiveJune 1927: A steam locomotive being hoisted by a crane onto a ship at Newcastle, bound for India. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
GWR Boat TrainMay 1908: The Great Western Railway boat train, taking passengers to the Mauretania, leaving Fishguard station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Peruvian Traincirca 1950: A Peruvian steam engine. (Photo by Kenneth V. Hilliard/Three Lions/Getty Images)
Rail Journeycirca 1875: A steam train travelling through the Sierra Nevada hills. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Stephensons Rocketcirca 1829: The steam engine designed and built by George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
LNER TrainOctober 1929: An LNER locomotive at full steam ahead. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Steam Locomotivecirca 1946: Steam Locomotive called the Queen Elizabeth. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)
LMS Centenary19th September 1938: The Coronation Class engine Duchess of Gloucester leaving Londons Euston railway station. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Pendennis Castle22nd April 1925: Great Western engine Pendennis Castle pulling a London North East Railway train from Kings Cross Station on its way to Peterborough
King Class LocomotiveA Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 King Class steam locomotive, 2nd July 1930. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
EruptionApril 1958: Naturalist photographer, Charles Lagus filming for the BBC from the crater lip of Bromo, Javas most spectacular volcano as a cloud of volcano ash and smoke fill the sky