With a top speed of around 45 mph, the White wasn’t the speediest vehicle of the day, but the 15-horsepower steam engine was steady and predictable. Black Bess was a rare two-seater, and only a ...

The steam engine’s name is Big Boy ... Big Boy generates tremendous puffs of thick black smoke and white steam as he puffs along the tracks. He also produces impressive quantities of charming ...

It was in the heart of the Black Country that the world’s first successful steam engine was born which would help to power Britain and transform the nation. And it’s name was the Newcomen Engine.