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 ...

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

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 ...

Stephenson was shot and killed inside his own home early Sunday morning, the Prince George’s County Police Department said in a news release this week, asking the public for tips about the murder.

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

More than 200 visitors flocked to Holy Trinity Church where they saw the carpet of crocuses in the churchyard, viewed a special exhibition on George Stephenson who is buried there and enjoyed tea ...