QUESTION: Why is George Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 regarded as the first steam locomotive? What about Richard Trevithick’s Penydarren? Stephenson’s Locomotion No. 1 is significant because it was ...

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 ...

On this day 205 years ago, British inventor George Stephenson unveiled his design for the first ever functional steam-powered locomotive. In 1814, Ludwig von Beethoven premiered his 8th Symphony in F.

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 ...

A COLLECTOR got more than he bargained for when he bought a box of technical drawings on eBay for £95 – only to discover they were worth closer to £32,000. Jonathan Moller, whose drawings of ...

Plans to tear down derelict sections of the historic Stephenson locomotive works in Newcastle risk causing "irreversible harm”, a heritage body has claimed. The Victorian Society says it has serious ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1540, the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, was chartered by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1825, in England, George Stephenson operated the first ...

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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ONE of the last locomotives to have been built in Darlington has arrived back to its home town to go on display at the Head of Steam Railway Museum. The BR Class 37 diesel-electric will be on public ...