Legendary Locomotives Book

No. 3440 City of Truro – ‘Ton-up Truro’: a reluctant legend?

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Robin Jones

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23rd March 2022

In 1904, Great Western Railway icon No. 3440 City of Truro could have been hailed as the fastest locomotive in the world after being clocked at 102.3mph…
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Looking both ways: When Robert Fairlie ‘Double Up’ Steam

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Robin Jones

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17th March 2022

The Ffestiniog Railway is famous as the only place in the world where the legendary double Fairlie articulated ‘back-to-back’ steam locomotives can be seen in action…
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The Stourbridge Lion: The First Roar Of Steam… Stateside

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Robin Jones

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2nd March 2022

The United States is renowned as a world leader in technology, and sent the first manned space missions to the moon half a century ago. Yet the first steam railway locomotive to run in the US was built in Britain – at a foundry in the West Midlands.
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The Rocket Fleet

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Sam Hewitt

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3rd 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

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Robin Jones

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18th 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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