a plume of steam rose to join the clouds and a locomotive hurtled into view on September 27, 1825, pulling wagons full of coal, flour and people into Darlington station — and Britain into the modern ...

The locomotive managed to haul ten tons of iron, and seventy passengers - proof that a steam engine could run ... that it was Trevithick and not George Stephenson who was the real father of ...

Perhaps the best know advocate of the steam locomotive was George Stephenson, and The Rainhill Story (1979) provides an insight into the challenges faced by George and Robert Stephenson in ...

“Birthplace to the world’s first commercial steam locomotives and directed by two of Britain’s most recognised engineers, ...

Stockton and Darlington Railway 200 celebrations commence as Locomotion Number 1 has been returned to Hopetown, this week.

A BLUE plaque has been unveiled to honour Great Western Railway's first locomotive driver. James 'Jim' Hurst, who worked with railway pioneers George Stephenson, Daniel Gooch, and Isambard Kingdom ...

Michael Mosley, Cassie Newland and Mark Miodownik describe the scientific achievements of Richard Trevithick and George Stephenson. In 1801 Richard Trevithick built the first steam locomotive.