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The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened to much fanfare on 27 September 1825, as depicted by Terence Tenison Cuneo in 1949. Two-hundred years ago, ...
Hydram Engineering, an engineering firm in Chilton is crafting a public sculpture to mark the 200th anniversary of the ...
A nine-month international festival inspired by 200 years of passenger train travel is ... The S&DR200 festival will mark the historic first journey on the Stockton and Darlington Railway ...
The Stockton and Darlington Railway. Arguably the most famous railway line in the world, but while the first engine can still be admired few clues remain as to where the trains used to run.
The display serves as an introduction to the start of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. Items on display include engineer drawings, maps, cultural paintings, poems, and cartoons, depicting the ...
The plaque, which marked the centenary of the railway, read: "Here in 1825 the Stockton and Darlington Railway Company booked the first passenger thus marking an epoch in the history of mankind." ...
One of these is steam engine Locomotion, famous for its pivotal role in the birth of the nearby Stockton and Darlington line. Locomotion – known for 170 years or so as Locomotion No.1 - pulled ...
THIS map comes from a book published in 1818, Durham, or General Delineations of That County, by EW Brayley and J Britton. The book, as mentioned on the previous sale, is just one of thousands of ...
Work is due to be completed by March 2024 in time for the 200th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 2025. The funding is part of the £20m the authority received for the Bishop ...
The idea is to form a 'train tourist trail' between Shildon, Darlington and Stockton. Stockton is less ostentatiously marking the railway’s upcoming 200th anniversary.
The Stockton and Darlington Railway opened to much fanfare on 27 September 1825, as depicted by Terence Tenison Cuneo in 1949 Two-hundred years ago, work began on the Stockton and Darlington ...
The Ghost Train, a two-part large-scale outdoor performance, is taking place in Stockton and Darlington. It will arrive in Stockton on the evening on Sunday, September 28 after a performance in ...