A steam locomotive has been declared one of the oldest in the world after researchers discovered it was built 10 years earlier than originally thought. The George Stephenson-built Killingworth ...

To demonstrate that the technology was fit for purpose and to select between the various competing options, on April 25, 1829, the L&MR Treasurer, Henry Booth, issued a challenge to ‘all Engineers and ...

200 YEARS OF BRITAIN'S RAILWAYS: Carshalton's Honeywood Museum hosts local transport historian and photographer John Parkin ...

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 ...

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.

Even though Trevithick invented the world's first railway locomotive, George Stephenson is widely regarded as the father of the railway. Stephenson built the first steam locomotive to carry ...

Hopetown Darlington opened in 2024 and is one of the key heritage sites in celebrating the 200th anniversary of the Stockton ...