In colour 220: teesside: saltburn to thornaby

The seed sown by the opening and success of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR) led to a rapid increase in the number of railways in Britain as other ventures were promoted, the Liverpool & Manch

CAROLINE HARDIE, Trustee of Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, takes us back to when and where it all began…

When we are asked who invented the railways, we can confidently say we did – Britain. But precisely who was involved and how it all developed is a long story. By the end of the 18th century, the Indus

When my mother announced that she was going to visit her sister in Saltford, a village on the eastern outskirts of Bristol, I jumped at the chance of accompanying her. This was in the spring of 1952,

Whether you love the romance of rail, the thrill of the bullet train or the train-spotting buzz, September is all about celebrations to mark 200 years since the birth of rail travel

The Great North of Scotland Railway (GNSR) acquired eight new 4-4-0 locomotives of class F (later LNER Class D40) in 1920/21. Six were built by the North British Locomotive Company, Glasgow, in 1920,