Legendary Locomotives Book

The Rocket Fleet

by

Sam Hewitt

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3 February 2022

How much further can a locomotive go in terms of acquiring ‘legendary’ status than having a succession of full-size replicas built?
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Puffing Billy – the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive

by

Robin Jones

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18 January 2022

It is not often the name of a railway locomotive becomes adopted as an everyday saying in the English language, but many believe that happened in the case of the world’s oldest surviving steam locomotive. Heritage Railway editor Robin Jones has the story.
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