THE RAILWAYS will always be synonymous with the pioneer George Stephenson – it is, after all, nearly 200 years since he built the iconic Stephenson’s Rocket, the world-leading high-speed train of its ...

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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 ...

North East engineer George Stephenson is known as the father of the railways and one of the architects of the industrial revolution. Now, MPs are calling for the notebook in which he sketched out ...

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 ...

Stephenson’s Rocket is being brought back to Manchester for the first time in over 180 years. The iconic steam locomotive was built to run on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway - the world's first ...

It's just as well that George Stephenson's statue was stone deaf. He'd been only feet away from the madding crowds for 108 years or more since they put him on his £5,000 pedestal, claims this ...

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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 ...

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 ...