Discover famous and unexpected firsts, from pioneering feats of engineering to the railway’s impact on our holiday habits – ...

THREE railway rockstars go on display today at Darlington’s Hopetown museum as the 200th anniversary celebrations of the ...

The S&DR200 Festival—a celebration of the first passenger rail service started between Stockton and Darlington in 1825—has ...

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Locomotion, tucked away on a Shildon industrial estate has exhibited Tim Peake's space module and The Flying Scotsman ...

THERE was a young lady whom we kids knew as Blondie – the coincidence that her surname really was Whitehead wholly lost upon us – who around ...

After considerable difficulties Charles Castleman, a solicitor and railway planner, managed to introduce the railway line.’ ...

Railway 200 marks the 200th anniversary of the birth of the modern railway. So far, over 300 events celebrating the past, ...

Locomotion railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, has announced its programme for the bicentenary year of the modern ...

As the year of celebrations marks 200 years since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825, Dr Joseph Brennan ...

Locomotion railway museum in Shildon has announced its programme for the railway’s bicentenary year, including new exhibitions and a Flying Scotsman residency.

It will be the first time Locomotion Number 1 has been back in Darlington since the 200-year-old engine was moved to the Locomotion museum in Shildon in 2021. Niccy Hallifax, S&DR200 Director, said: ...