by Lisa Johnstone | Apr 30, 2024 | Archives Of The S&DR
Mike Satow Archive by Keith Pattison This stunning selection of photographs recording the construction of the replica Locomotion No.1 for the S&DR 150 celebrations in 1975 have been donated to the Friends of the S&DR by Keith Pattison. Keith took these...
by Lisa Johnstone | Jun 4, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
Timothy Hackworth (1786-1850) Timothy Hackworth had a central role in the development and success of the S&DR. He had been appointed as the Superintendent of Permanent and Locomotive Engines in May 1825. At the opening of the railway, he was both master of...
by Lisa Johnstone | Jun 4, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
The S&DR commissioned a merchandising station in 1826 which was ready for use in 1827. It was located on the line just west of the Skerne Bridge in Darlington. In 1833 when a new Goods Station was built across the road, it was recognised that they needed to...
by Lisa Johnstone | Jun 4, 2021 | People Of The S&DR
WOMEN are almost invisible in the history of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, such was the culture of the time. When they appear, it is usually as casualties (like poor Jane Lister, killed with her two children on the Darlington branch1) or as innkeepers...
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