A global vote has unveiled a shortlist of the UK's best-loved railway artwork to celebrate 200 years of the modern railway.

This has been done. We have before us the " Life of George Stephenson, Railway Engineer," by Samuel Smiles, published by Ticknor & Fields, Boston ; a modest, unpretending volume, just in fact what ...

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 ...

He sent the letter by horseman from Northgate, addressing it to “George Stephenson, Engineer, Killingworth Colliery”. The horseman was about to turn home in frustration having been unable to ...

Chesterfield’s pivotal role in birth of the world’s railway system is set to be commemorated thanks to a grant from The National Lottery Heritage Fund.

BOWIE, Md. — The family of Donnell Stephenson, a Prince George’s County man shot and killed early Sunday morning, is speaking out as they mourn his loss and seek justice. Stephenson ...

Chesterfield has a special reason to celebrate Railway 200 as George Stephenson, the 'Father of the Railways', is buried ...

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 ...

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.

The public has now been invited to choose an outright winner to be announced on 9 June, the birthday of rail pioneer George Stephenson. Shortlisted artwork includes paintings by 14 artists ...

Pickering railway station connects to Whitby and was the filming location for the 2019 film Downton Abbey and BBC drama ABC Murders - here is its history.