Friends of SDR May Meeting | Friday 7th May 2021

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Bicentenary Celebrations | 27th September 2025

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Thomas MacNay

Thomas MacNay

Thomas MacNay was the S&DR’s secretary 1849-69 and company director of South Durham Ironworks on the Blackwell Estate along with H. Pease, J. B .Pease, and A. Kitching. (see Holmes 1975, 64) However, his career with the S&DR started with a more humble...
The Other George Stephenson

The Other George Stephenson

THIS ARTICLE was originally published in The Globe, December 2020. It is about George Stephenson of the Stockton and Darlington Railway – but not the man you first think of. This George was also a Northumbrian who rose from humble rural beginnings and was...
Percival Tully

Percival Tully

THIS IS THE STORY of a man who worked on the Stockton and Darlington Railway during its first decade and a half of operation. He was not an investor, an engineer or a bridge-designer, but nor was he one of the labouring masses. Percival Tully was his name, and his...