Back in 1930, Bentley's Chairman Captain Woolf Barnato accepted a rather odd wager in a "like a sir" manner. Alright, it was just a crazy idea that involved racing a train, but that's how history is ...

You probably heard the story about a vintage Bentley beating a speeding train in the 1930s. It went down in automotive folklore as the Bentley Blue Train story. The vehicle in question was a ...

November 1, 2005 It reads like a story from a “Boys Own Annual.” In 1930, devilishly handsome and independently wealthy playboy and international motor racer Woolf Barnato accepted a bet whilst ...

In the early parts of the last century, well-heeled car enthusiasts would attempt to beat a train—nicknamed the “Blue Train” because of its blue carriages—that ran across France, between Calais in the ...

For years and years I have been wanting Bentley to make a car with styling inspired by the 1930 Speed Six Gurney Nutting Sportsman Coupe, better known as the Blue Train. It was named after a race from ...

Train set 1 of the iconic Blue Train will continue operating and servicing customers in the coming months, Transnet confirmed on Monday. The luxurious Blue Train set 2 derailed in the early hours of ...