| Year | 1959 |
| Date | 24-Dec |
| Volume | 121 |
| Issue | 3,050 |
| Page | 572 |
| Category | Historic |
| Part | |
| Title | Two Giants of Engineering History. Robert Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel |
| Author | K.N.Harris |
| Notes | Britannia tubular bridge, Rocket, early days on Tyneside, Royal Albert Bridge Saltash, Great Eastern, Lord Derby, J.Scott Russell, Henry Wakefield, Maidenhead bridge, ambitious projects, mathematical training, birth of the Great Western, Brunel's masterpiece, LMS 4-6-0 class 5MT No 45417 emerging from the Britannia tubular bridge |