It was on this day 235 years ago that George Stephenson, regarded as the ‘Father of Railways’, died. Mr Stephenson was a pioneering railway engineer and inventor of the Rocket, the most famous early ...

In principle, the idea was commendably simple. George Stephenson and his son, Robert, would be set up in business to build locomotives for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. In practice, it became a ...

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 ...

THERE is something sublime about railway engineers. But what shall we say of the pioneer of this almost superhuman profession? The world would give much to know what Vulcan, Hercules, Theseus, and ...

FAMILIES in North Yorkshire are on track for a week of half-term fun at one of York’s top tourist attractions. The National Railway Museum (NRM) has welcomed the return of the world’s only working ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1540, the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, was chartered by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1825, in England, George Stephenson operated the first ...

ON August 12, 1848, a century ago, George Stephenson died at his home, Tapton House, Chesterfield, at the age of sixty-seven, and was buried in Trinity Church in that town. For some years he had been ...

In June of 1845, the East Indian Railway (EIR) Company was formed in London with an initial paid-up capital of £1 crore. The objective of this company was to establish a railway connect between the ...

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