He was called the greatest engineer of the 19th century and his work probably changed the world of railways as we now know it. The brilliant inventor is also the man who created the famous Rocket ...

This year marks the 200th anniversary of the opening of the world’s first locomotive works, Stephenson’s works in Newcastle. To celebrate the event, the Robert Stephenson Trust is holding an ...

Derelict and dangerous sections of Newcastle’s famous Stephenson locomotive works will be knocked down to pave the way for a multi-million pound housing development, despite concerns from heritage ...

Plans to tear down derelict sections of the historic Stephenson locomotive works in Newcastle risk causing "irreversible harm”, a heritage body has claimed. Councillors are due to consider plans this ...

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GEORGE Stephenson, the son of a colliery fireman, was born at Wylam, eight miles west of Newcastle on June 9, 1781. The Stephenson family home was within yards of the Wylam Waggonway, and George ...

First transmitted in 1979, this programme looks at the Rainhill Locomotive Trials in Rainhill, Lancashire (now Merseyside) in 1829, a competition to find the best passenger steam locomotive in Britain ...

THE author of this work is well known to the railway world as one who has long taken a great interest in everything pertaining thereto. No one probably has a better knowledge of the history and ...

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Rail travel first began on Sept 27, 1825. Two centuries ago, the world’s first steam train ran in northern England and transformed modern transportation. Not long after, other railways opened in ...