The Flying Scotsman was the first train to break the 100mph barrier - a remarkable steam engine built in 1923 that revolutionized travel within the UK and inspired the world to use trains for high-speed transport.
The London Underground - first operating in 1863 - changed the way we get around cities forever, driving people deep underground to clear congested streets.
The Industrial Revolution was the single most important event in the development of the modern railway and one train from that era came to symbolize the new age of steam: Stephenson's Rocket.
