So, the APT was designed to tilt as it went into curved track sections, rather like a motorbike on a winding road, allowing it to go up to 40% quicker than non-tilting trains.

It couldn't come at a more apt time. Today, the museum celebrates its 50th birthday and on Saturday, it holds an open house. If Johnson has his way, by the time the 51st rolls around, the old ...

So now, the rail center is trying to morph into a museum. “When I first started in 2018 the word museum was rarely heard around here,” said Roger Woehl, the rail center’s vice president.

The project began in the 1960s, with the British Rail research team at Derby briefed to create a train that could maintain high speeds on the largely 19th Century-built network, much of which was ...