THERE is something sublime about railway engineers. But what shall we say of the pioneer of this almost superhuman profession? The world would give much to know what Vulcan, Hercules, Theseus, and ...

Rail travel first began on Sept 27, 1825. Two centuries ago, the world’s first steam train ran in northern England and ...

Amtrack passenger train Number 58 (R) pulls along side Union Pacific 4014 Big Boy Steam Locomotive at the Amtrak station in St. Louis in 2021. On September 27, 1825, in England, George Stephenson ...

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In principle, the idea was commendably simple. George Stephenson and his son, Robert, would be set up in business to build locomotives for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. In practice, it became a ...

ON August 12, 1848, a century ago, George Stephenson died at his home, Tapton House, Chesterfield, at the age of sixty-seven, and was buried in Trinity Church in that town. For some years he had been ...

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Plans have been revealed to restore the North Tyneside home of the engineer who helped kick-start the industrial revolution. North East engineer George Stephenson is known as the father of the ...

ON January 9, 1843, William Hedley, one of the pioneers of the locomotive and iron railway, died at Burnhopeside Hall, near Lanchester, Co. Durham, and was afterwards buried at his birthplace, Newburn ...