This is a consultation by Historic England on the possible listing or altered level of listing of three structures on the live line between Darlington North Road and Heighington Railway Stations:...

Historic England have issued a consultation on the above site. This consultation is to check the accuracy of their report before finalising a decision on whether to list them or not. At the moment,...

Good news in the budget for our railways with the Levelling Up grant confirmed for Locomotion Museum, various S&DR projects and a feasibility study for the Weardale Railway and connections to...

Staff at NRM's Search Engine are working on cataloguing, fully digitising and researching the NRM’s Raisbeck Archive, and are looking for volunteers to help. Leonard Raisbeck was a lawyer, landowner...

A specialist railway-themed market is heading to Stockton town centre this weekend as part of celebrations to mark the 196 birthday of the Stockton and Darlington Railway. The free market on...

Check out our Events page for more information about our 196th anniversary celebrations in Stockton on the 25th September 2021.

There are about 200 documents on the planning portal dealing with the proposals to create a new rail heritage quarter around North Road and the existing Head of Steam Museum in Darlington. The...

More good news on getting our S&DR heritage assets properly protected by law. Timothy Hackworth's house in Shildon has been upgraded from listed grade II to listed grade II*. This recognises its...

Towards the end of this month our editor will be putting together the next Globe which comes out in July. Please do contribute anything of interest including researched articles, railway family...