The world’s largest steam locomotive, Union Pacific’s Big Boy 4014, is travelling coast to coast across the United States to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence, drawing thousands of spectators.
How many journalists get to drive a Coronation class steam locomotive? Our intrepid author Jonathan Glancey did. In a podcast published today he also tells what it was like riding the footplate of Duchess of Hamilton from Settle to Carlisle and what he loves about the marriage of art and engineering.