A blue plaque celebrating the life of the Great Western Railway's first locomotive driver has been unveiled in Swindon. James ...

When the very paper you are now perusing, gentle reader, has traveled tens or hundreds of miles upon the iron roa.d drawn by the locomotive ... the " Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer ...

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 ...

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RMS Locotec, a key player in industrial rail services, has centralised its operations in Chesterfield, a hub for rail-related businesses in Europe. The ...

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.

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 ...