links have made the previously uninhabited Jaworzyna Śląska an important transport hub ever since the mid-19th century. The Railway Museum of Silesia uses a large number of historical rolling stock and a ‘steam

Friedrich Krupp and Friedrich Harkort had collieries and blast furnaces popping up as early as the mid-19th century. Another innovator, Count Henrich zu Stollberg-Wernigerode, also recognised the opportunity

once located. Visitors can follow five guided tours to see how metal ores were mined here around the mid-19th century. Not far away are the Masua mines with the port of Flavia , which is built into the local

Pfeffer, reflect Berlin's close relationship with beer. The establishment of Pfeffer's brewery in the mid-19th century was followed by various other industrial facilities before the area became home to a thriving

light railway system that served much of rural Belgium from the late nineteenth century until the mid-twentieth century, are another fascinating chapter in rail history. The move to adapt heritage railways