Latest Red Wheel Sites

1821 Makers of 4 pioneering steam locomotives in 1818/9, including 'Stourbridge Lion' - the first engine to run on a commercial railroad in the USA

1885-2009 This 1941 twin-track swing bridge used to carry part of the 231-mile MSCR - the largest private railway in the UK

Manchester’s first electric tram depot, opened 1901. Extended 1928 and 1935 to house over 175 buses and trams

1839-1966 Designed by Sir William Tite for the London & Southampton Railway; a major catalyst in the development of the modern port

Pioneer user of narrow gauge steam (1863) and articulated locomotives (1869) and bogie carriages (1871) in difficult terrain

A unique historic military airfield, operational from the First World War to the Cold War

Art Deco style purpose-built coach station, the largest in Britain, opened in 1932 as a hub for coach services

World’s first purpose-built motor racing circuit 1907-1939. Over 18,600 aircraft designed, manufactured or assembled 1907-1988

1841 Focal point of IK Brunel's Great Western Railway through Bath, sympathetically designed in the pioneering phase of railway construction

Headquarters of Short Brothers (1917-1921) and the Royal Airship Works (1924-1938) where HM Airship R101 was designed