Век паровозов. Первые локомотивы и железные дороги

How does the steam engine, why the rails have exactly the same width, why is the locomotive called the ship and where A. S. Pushkin knew the word "station" before the construction of the first railroad? New book by Boris Almazov - a fascinating journey into the past, "the age of steam and coal," the story of how the work of great scientists, engineers and talented craftsmen-mechanics, created the first steam engines and built Railways, has completely changed the face of the world.