It doesn’t matter whether you know it as a railway, a railroad, a chemin de fer, or a 铁路, it’s a fair certainty that the trains near where you live are most likely to be powered either by diesel or ...

There are some notable figures in history that you know of for just one single thing. They may have achieved much in their lifetimes or they may have only been famous for Andy Warhol’s fifteen minutes ...

looms behind the man in the stovepipe hat. Cigar. Wrinkled clothes. This is Isambard Kingdom Brunel. Who could not stop working. Slept and ate at the shipyard. The largest ship in the world. Driven to ...

In the 19th century, a time before computers or internet, Brunel was able to solve technical problems, gather investment, navigate the morass of public opinion, and make huge static and moving objects ...

Boats, bridges, railways - all things we use every day. But have you ever wondered how these structures are built? The people who design and build them are called engineers, and one of the most famous ...