United Kingdom. New Gold and Silver Proof Coins Highlight 200 Years of Rail Travel
The journey of practical and profitable passenger rail travel began in 1804 with a 500 gold Guinea (£21,000 today) bet. It was between two industrialists that prompted Cornish engineer Richard Trevithick (1771 – 1833) to create the Penydarren locomotive in South Wales. His intention was to prove that steam could be used to haul coal…