Working on the Victorian Railway

The quarter-century after the Rainhill Trials was an exciting period of growth and experimentation on the railways. The railway locomotive evolved from a lumbering curiosity to being indispensable – changing every aspect of daily life, from food (and how it was cooked), to heating and clothing – with more than 7,000 miles of track being laid in Britain between 1830 and 1855, and found on just abou...