A Tyldesley lad who claimed to have driven the world-famous steam locomotive, Rocket, takes centre stage in a new children’s ...

Railway heroes George and Robert Stephenson take centre stage in a gripping new children’s book inspired by the early days of ...

First transmitted in 1979, this programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to find the best passenger steam locomotive in Britain ...

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