It was on this day 235 years ago that George Stephenson, regarded as the ‘Father of Railways’, died. Mr Stephenson was a pioneering railway engineer and inventor of the Rocket, the most famous early ...

Stephenson's Rocket ran on the world's first inter-city passenger railway in 1830 The world-famous Stephenson's Rocket is to go on show at the National Railway Museum for at least 10 years. The ...

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 ...

ROCK and railways have been music mogul Pete Waterman’s life for more than 70 years.  The Pop Idol judge made millions from the hit factory that turned out a seemingly endless stream of ...

The move to County Durham was carried out by a specialist conservation team who also moved the Rocket in 2019. Credit: ITV News Tyne Tees/PA Images A world-famous locomotive train has moved to County ...

ONE of the world’s most famous and historic steam locomotives arrived wrapped in a blue tarpaulin on the back of a low loader at Shildon this morning (Wednesday). The layers of protective packaging ...

Engineer and inventor George Stephenson, regarded as the Father of Railways, has been honoured with a plaque 167 years after his death. Stephenson lived in Leicestershire while he planned the ...