Railway Pioneers

Friday 04 April 2025

Sunday 22 June 2025

Start Time: 10:00

End Time: 16:00

Hopetown

S&DR200 presents Railway Pioneers - Celebrating the Railway Rockstars of the Past

An exhibition looking at the engineering innovation that inspired Stephenson, the father of the railways, leading to the opening of Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825. The exhibition looks at the inspiration of those involved, how it developed and what inspired them. This is an exhibition for those interested in trains or those interested in the stories behind them. Three iconic locomotives will be on display:

● Pen-y-Darren, designed by Richard Trevithick, 1804

● Steam Elephant, designed by John Buddle and William Chapman, 1815

● Locomotion No. 1, designed and driven by George Stephenson on the first S&DR journey, 1825

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