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Letter from John Backhouse to his sister describing the opening train on the Stockton & Darlington Railway

Letter from George Stephenson to Philip Maddison Regarding Engine Designs

Marshall's Geological Diagrams

Manuscript entitled: "Catalogue of the Apparatus of Philosophical Instruments, in the Collection of Her Late Majesty Queen Charlotte, at the Observatory at Richmond in Surrey"

Volume entitled: "History of the Framework Knitting and Lace Trades"

Papers of George and Robert Stephenson Regarding the Moreton Rail-Road

Letter from Henry Booth, company secretary and treasurer of the Liverpool & Manchester Railway, to James Loch, Bloomsbury Square, London with a report on the survey of Chat Moss by Thomas Shaw Brandreth

School exercise book of Hugh Hansford, Free School, Gillingham, Dorset

Plan of the proposed route of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway by George Stephenson

Coloured drawing of Elevations of the (Locomotive) Rocket

Manchester Guardian newspaper, first edition. Dated May 5 1821.

Locomotive Engine Darlington drawing

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing ground floor plan of the principal building, by signed Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Catalogue of Useful Inventions for Cotton Spinners, Manufacturers and for all textile trades

Drawing of St. Petersburg Railway Locomotive

Letter from George Stephenson, Newcastle to Timothy Hackworth, Darlington

Mill counting apparatus. Consecutive elevation.

Drawing of Locomotive Engine for the Stockton and Darlington Railway

Mohawk and Hudson Locomotive drawing

Letter from George Stephenson to T. Brewin

Pamphlet entitled ‘A Further Report on the Intended Rail or Tram Road, from Stockton, by Darlington, to the collieries, with a branch to Yarum [sic]’

Sketch of drilling machine. Details.

An edition of 'The Photogram' journal vol. 2 no. 17

Notice entitled ‘Canal. Aug. 8, 1818. The very respectable meeting convened at Stockton on the 31st of last month, to consider of the expediency of cutting a canal into the Coal District, appears to have been so unanimous respecting it… but, differing, as I do, in opinion with all who decide for a canal, I venture to submit to them, and to the Public generally, whether it would not be best to reject a canal altogether, and substitute a Rail Road on the most approved construction…’

Letter from Robert Stephenson to his stepmother

Invoice from Peel, Williams and Peel for a steam engine supplied to Messrs Coates and Wright

Letter from Timothy Hackworth to Liverpool and Manchester Railway Board

Notice entitled ‘Canal and Rail-Road. To the inhabitants of Stockton and Cleveland.'

Untitled. This drawing is a cardboard model.

Printed notice entitled ‘In Parliament. Stockton, & Darlington Railway’

Handwritten Clarence Railway report

Railway Signal Volume 3 (1885)

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of the basement walls of the principal building, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing front elevation of the principal building, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Letter from Robert Stephenson to his parents

A letter from Brunel to Mr Tucker regarding the selling of tinfoil

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section through Entrance and traffic office, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

General plan of the Analytical Engine, half size.

Plan of left half of middle group for General Plan 28.

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing details of roof including gutters, binders, trusses and lead work, signed by Philip Hardwick

The first drawing of the circular arrangement of the new engine

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section of the entrance lobby to the principal building detailing windows and includes plan, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Letter from Robert Stephenson to his stepmother

Proceedings of the Committee of the House of Commons on the Liverpool and Manchester Railroad Bill, 1825

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of Birmingham Station's stables, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Small planing machine. Sheet 1.

Pamphlet entitled ‘A Further Report, on the Intended Rail or Tram Road, from Stockton, by Darlington, to the collieries, with a branch to Yarum [sic]’

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing section through the gateway passage and water closets, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto

Report by George Stephenson Regarding the Line of Railway from Stratford to Moreton in Marsh

Drawing of Curzon Street Station, Birmingham (London & Birmingham Railway), showing plan of roofs and gutters of offices for goods, signed by Philip Hardwick, Grissell and Peto