In principle, the idea was commendably simple. George Stephenson and his son, Robert, would be set up in business to build locomotives for the Stockton and Darlington Railway. In practice, it became a ...

Sept. 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1540, the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, was chartered by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1825, in England, George Stephenson operated the first ...

THERE is something sublime about railway engineers. But what shall we say of the pioneer of this almost superhuman profession? The world would give much to know what Vulcan, Hercules, Theseus, and ...

GEORGE Stephenson, the son of a colliery fireman, was born at Wylam, eight miles west of Newcastle on June 9, 1781. The Stephenson family home was within yards of the Wylam Waggonway, and George ...

A FULL-SIZE replica of the locomotive Rocket, as originally designed and constructed by Robert and George Stephenson, has now been acquired for the National Collections in the Science Museum, and will ...

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Sept. 27 (UPI) --On this date in history: In 1540, the Society of Jesus, known as the Jesuits, was chartered by the Roman Catholic Church. In 1825, in England, George Stephenson operated the first ...