Mammoths of the mechanical age stand, silent and still like dinosaur skeletons at the British museum.
In the quiet of the morning, it’s almost possible to see the ghosts of passengers, engineers and staff milling around, the war trains, the royal trains, the freight trains and the passenger trains, carrying people, mail, animals and wounded.
These marvels are the epitome of the industrial revolution combined with the instinct to be fastest, strongest, longest and biggest. Now these champions lie still in their graveyard and dream of their glory days, displayed in cabinets, explained in guides and immortalised in toy models.