Ever since I was six, perhaps seven years old, I began developing a deep love and fascination with trains when my grandparents got me my first train set. Since then, I have enjoyed railways of all sizes, having experienced both the building of scale models and the riding of trains of all sorts. But most interesting of all is the profound effect the development of railways, from their humble beginnings in the mines of West England to the sprawling networks of today. They changed everything in the world, including what food we eat, how we travel and how wars are fought. Such little attention is given to a mode of transportation so old, yet so impactful in the changes that lead to the world we live in. I hope that perhaps I've made You consider how amazing the railways truly are.