James 'Jim' Hurst, was appointed as the GWR's first locomotive shunter in 1837 and worked closely with railway pioneers Daniel Gooch, George Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The plaque was ...

A blue plaque honouring Great Western Railway’s first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon as part of the ...

The Rocket was designed and built by George ... Stephenson with the help of his son, Robert, and Henry Booth, for the 1829 Rainhill Trials. The Trials were held by the Liverpool and Manchester ...

Chesterfield has a special reason to celebrate Railway 200 as George Stephenson, the 'Father of the Railways', is buried ...

A UK heritage steam railway was put at risk of “derailment” after thieves made away with more than 1,200 fixtures, which safely secure the track, when the site was closed. The North Tyneside Steam ...

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He was born on 16th October 1803 near Newcastle upon Tyne, the only son of George Stephenson, railway engineer ... In 1948 a representation of the Rocket locomotive was added at the base of the window ...

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.

James 'Jim' Hurst, was appointed as the GWR's first locomotive shunter in 1837 and worked closely with railway pioneers Daniel Gooch, George Stephenson and Isambard Kingdom Brunel. The plaque was ...