Abstract
Alongside Thomas Telford, bambard Kingdom Brunei and Robert Stephenson are regarded as the greatest engineers of the early Victorian age. While George and Robert Stephenson represented the main stream of railway engineering that had emerged from coal mines in northern England, I. K. Brunei was a brave challenger willing to introduce new techniques that were disliked by the orthodox engineers. The achievements of I. K. Brunei and Robert Stephenson in railway engineering were probably almost equally-matched, but Brunei's bold and determined attempts such as the introduction of broad gauge and atmospheric traction still attract many people.
