In this, the first of our technology episodes we explore the early development of the cornerstone of the railway, the steam engine. Starting in Egypt, we trace the development of this machine from 1st Century Alexandria, to the atmospheric engines of Newcomen and Watt that laid the groundwork for the development of the railway locomotive by Richard Trevithick in 1804.

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