20 November 2012 Europe

STEAM RETURNING TO LONDON UNDERGROUND

The world's first underground commuter line the initial 5.6km portion of London's Metropolitan Railway - opened in January 1863. A cutting excavated by about 2,000 men had been roofed over. For nearly forty years, steam locomotives were used (together with gas lamps in the carriages) until electric

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