The most amazing, mesmerising, epic and one of the most British things
“I just saw a steam locomotive go past!”
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That emojicon on top is a steam locomotive
The Genesis of The modern world, the greatest invention of humanity
The superior form of railway traction, originally invented in the dawn of the industrial revolution.
The backbone to the modern world, the spine of society, connecting the world like a snake, with both elegance and sheer power, turning heads as they glide through the countryside, shuddering the valley in their wake.
As the steam locomotive passed, heads turned in wonder, its lovingly familiar sounds unlocking a long forgotten memory