Stockton And Darlington Railway Collection

Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1825. Engraving c1910
865681 Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, 1825. Engraving c1910.; Universal History Archive/UIG

Locomotion no 1, built for the Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1906). From Cassells Illustrated History of England, Vol. VII

Travellers on the first section of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened on 27 September 1825 (colour litho)
3100165 Travellers on the first section of the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened on 27 September 1825 (colour litho) by European School

The first steam railway, 1825 (chromolitho)
968387 The first steam railway, 1825 (chromolitho) by European School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: The first steam railway, 1825)

George Stephenson, English engineer (chromolitho)
972174 George Stephenson, English engineer (chromolitho) by French School, (19th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: George Stephenson (1781-1848), English engineer and railway pioneer

No 1 Locomotive, Darlington (colour photo)
3093853 No 1 Locomotive, Darlington (colour photo) by English Photographer, (20th century); Private Collection; (add.info.: No 1 Locomotive, Darlington)

A hundred years of railway history was paraded before the Duke and Duchess of York at Darlington, when locomotives, rolling stock

Train Number One, July 1925. A re-enactment of the first train journey, made by George Stephensons Locomotion no 1 on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825

The Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825 (1900). Opened on 27 September, 1825, the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) was the worlds first public railway

Hownes Gill Viaduct IoE 350551
Railway viaduct, now part of Waskerley Walk, County Durham. IoE 350551

George Stephensons Locomotion steam engine which was trialled on 27th September 1825 on the Stockton & Darlington Railway

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Witness the beginnings of a railway revolution at the Stockton and Darlington Railway, opened on September 27, 1825. This historic first steam railway brought travel and transportation into a new era with Locomotion No. 1, built by English engineer George Stephenson. Travellers marveled at this engineering feat, captured in vivid detail through lithographs and chromolithographs from the past. The No. 1 Locomotive, now preserved in Darlington, tells the story of a century of railway history. In 1925, the legacy of this pioneering railway was celebrated with the parade of Train Number One, while the iconic Hownes Gill Viaduct stands as a testament to its enduring impact.