Frenchman André Chapelon is arguably the greatest railway steam locomotive engineer and designer the world has ever seen. Whereas others are known for individual designs and creation of items that improved steam locomotive efficiency André Chapelon…
If you are young enough not to have experienced the steam era on railroads and railways around the world then you’ve sadly missed something that was just plain special. Thankfully there are still some preserved railroads…
Are there machines that are more exciting to drive than a Bugatti Veyron or a McLaren P1? I suspect there are, or at least that there used to be. Back when I was a boy most…
I love trains, and I never quite outgrew train sets although I don’t own one any more and when I need to have fun I’m more likely to want to go shooting, but I still enjoy…
Not everyone is a visionary, but George Bennie was one. Not everyone thinks that using a propeller to drive a land vehicle might just be a good idea, and indeed some of the designs for propeller…
Growing up in London, England, during the fifties and early sixties; and coming from a family for whom money was stretched pretty tight, my Dad used to find low cost outings to keep my younger brother…
