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To: Stoat


Rail Britannia: Newly found pix reveal train travel was once
glorious experience, not shabby ordeal Great Western Railway
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Western_Railway

For reference on The Great Western Railway.
And a famed engineer that participated in its’ creation.

And a short article on one of the ships he helped design...
and can even now be seen at Bristol.

Isambard Kingdom Brunel
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel

SS Great Britain
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SS_Great_Britain


12 posted on 12/11/2008 7:34:13 PM PST by VOA
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To: VOA

Thank you so much for providing all of those great links....all very interesting!


20 posted on 12/11/2008 8:58:16 PM PST by Stoat (Palin / Coulter 2012: A Strong America Through Unapologetic Conservatism)
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