
2 6 c m
40cm
actual image size: 32cm x 18cm
Description
Sheet drawing. Locomotives featured are: 'Locomotion' (1825), 'Stockton' (1826), 'Experiment' (1826), 'Royal George' (1827), 'Globe' (1830), 'Coronation' (1831), 'Swift' (1836), 'Arrow' (1837), 'Sunbeam' (1837) and 'Keswick' (1862). The Stockton & Darlington was the first public railway to use steam locomotives to haul passengers and goods. Its lines in the north-east of England covered less than thirty miles and were mainly used to transport heavy minerals, particulary coal. The company was taken over by the North Eastern Railway in 1863.
Image Details
Image Ref.
10315991
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