Passengers were rescued by a steam locomotive after modern rail services were brought to a halt by the snowy conditions in south-east England.Trains between Ashford and Dover were suspended on Monday when cold weather disabled the electric rail. Some commuters at London Victoria faced lengthy delays until Tornado - Britain's first mainline steam engine in 50 years - offered them a lift. They were taken home "in style", said the Darlington-built engine's owners.
Passengers were rescued by a steam locomotive after modern rail services were brought to a halt by the snowy conditions in south-east England.
Trains between Ashford and Dover were suspended on Monday when cold weather disabled the electric rail.
Some commuters at London Victoria faced lengthy delays until Tornado - Britain's first mainline steam engine in 50 years - offered them a lift.
They were taken home "in style", said the Darlington-built engine's owners.
Of course I think steam in any other season is beautiful too.
It's the smell of high temperature coal, not the same as hearth coal as it's more tarry, mixed with a mid-note of oil.
but smells are hard-wired to memory and emotion. So it's also happiness and youth.
A child once defined love as the sound you can hear on Christmas morning if you stop unwrapping presents and really listen. A steam engine smells of that. keep to the Fen Causeway
