I visited the Robert Stephenson Trust’s bicentenary ... “I decided to introduce Edward to George Stephenson earlier in the timeline so he could play an important part in the build up to ...

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 Railway ...

Robert Stephenson, called the greatest engineer of the nineteenth century, was buried beside Thomas Telford in the centre part of the nave of Westminster Abbey. He was born on 16th October 1803 near ...

Plans by railway pioneer George Stephenson for the world's first passenger line to use locomotives have been found by an archive assistant. The 1822 notebook of the Stockton and Darlington Railway ...