The coming of the railways - Fire-breathing monster or benefit to mankind?

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By Eileen Wallace, published 30th September 1999

Today children regard trains as just another not very exciting means of travel, but to many early Victorian people the thought of riding on a train was as alarming and exciting as the idea of space travel is today. To be whisked along at the incredible speed of 30 miles per hour behind a machine belching smoke and soot through tunnels and over bridges was a novel and unsettling experience.

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