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Two mounted photographs of Hackworth's Safety Spring Valve (Front and Side Elevation) as originally used in 'Royal George' locomotive

Article from 'The Yorkshire Post' entitled ‘The Steam Rail Locomotive. Its origin and development’ by J.G.H. Warren M.I.Mech.E

Various articles from 'The Gazette' [a Canadian paper] by John Loye

Liverpool and Manchester centenary lectures given at Picton Hall, William Brown Street ‘The Rainhill Trails of 1829’ by Dendy Marshall and ‘Two hundred years of steam power on land and sea’ by Captain Edgar C. Smith

'The Liverpool & Manchester Railway Centenary Celebrations at Liverpool September 13th to 20th 1930'

'Reid’s Monthly Timetable and Advertiser of The York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway'

'Official Guide Leeds and District Tramway Car Routes', published by the Corporation of Leeds, includes descriptions of areas around Leeds

'Memento of Shildon Horticultural, Industrial, Agricultural and Live Stock Society Jubilee Show'

'Auckland & County Chronicle’

‘The Northern Echo’

‘Evening Dispatch’

‘Northern Echo’

Article entitled 'The Legislative Council, Penang’s New Member’ [Robert Young]

Article from 'The Engineer' entitled ‘The Locomotive Magnet as Reconstructed: Timothy Hackworth, Shildon and Soho, Engineer

Article from 'Darlington and Richmond Herald' entitled ‘The Railway Jubilee, speeches by Mr Henry Pease and Mr J.W. Pease'

Article from 'Engineering' entitled ‘Memorial to Timothy Hackworth'

Article from 'Railway Age' entitled ‘The old locomotive ‘Samson’’

Article from Railway & Locomotive Historical Society' entitled ‘Old Colony Railroad: the account of the opening taken from the ‘Boston Advertiser’

'The Northern Echo'

'The Engineer’

‘The Northern Echo’ No. 1,785

Article from ‘The Echo’

Article from 'Northern Daily Express' entitled 'Sketches for the People: Men From the Ranks No. 2- George Stephenson Chap VI.'

'The Newcastle Daily Chronicle'

'Darlington and Stockton Times/Ripon and Richmond Chronicle’

‘Darlington and Richmond Herald’

‘The Newcastle Weekly Chronicle Special Edition'

'The Northern Echo'

‘Durham Chronicle’ No. 2241 11 October 1862

'The Newcastle Daily Chronicle'

Newspaper cutting from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post' entitled 'Railway Pioneers' including letters from Samuel H Young written 27 January 1926 reply to letter of 23 January 1926

Article from the 'Yorkshire Evening Post' entitled 'Railway Pioneers, reminiscences of Hackworth and Stephenson' includes letter from W.J. Barker, Leeds

Article from 'The New York Times' entitled 'Father of Locomotives: Title Given to Stephenson is Claimed for Timothy Hackworth' includes letter to The Editor of the New York Times from Samuel Holmes

Newspaper extract showing a photograph of Hedley’s ‘Puffing Billy’

Article from the 'Richmond Chronicle' entitled 'Timothy Hackworth Memorial. A Shildon Scheme Enthusiastically Launched. Interesting Speeches', annotated in pen 'Ferens has the decedents wrong (BY) 'E' not 'R'

‘The Northern Echo’

‘The Financial Times Special Railway Supplement'

Tabulated newspaper cutting book, obituaries for John Wesley Hackworth and R.B. Nightingale and Albert Hackworth

Photograph showing copper/brass relief of George Stephenson Steam Locomotive, Killingworth

'The Railway Times' with 'John Wesley Hackworth' noted on front

Letters to publications re steam blast pipe, Blair & Co, Creation of Hackworth Masonic Lodge

'The Engineer'

'Hackworth Lodge of Mark Master Masons No.761 Consecration and Installation of W. Bro H.S. Sunderland, 596, P.M., P.P.S.G.W , Masonic Temple, Shildon'

'Timothy Hackworth ‘father of the locomotive’ souvenir in commemoration of the centenary of his death, July 7 1850. Issued by the Shildon Timothy Hackworth commemoration committee. 1 shilling'.

Fragmented newspaper articles

'Catalogue, Transportation including Travel and Communication, Grafton & Co (Catalogue No. 79)'

'Catalogue of books and pamphlets relating to railways and canals J.S. Billingham' with annotations

Catalogue of Books on the Following Subjects, Grafton & Co (Catalogue No. 88) including ‘transport, travelling and vehicles’

'Catalogue, Railways, Grafton & Co (Catalogue No. 87) (1930) including Railways, books, maps and pamphlets from 1791-1845 in chronological order; The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Acts, Documents, Pictures, Descriptions and Portraits; Railways. Books, maps and pamphlets from 1846-1930 arranged by the authors in alphabetical order'

London and North Eastern Railway Group Railways ‘North Eastern’ Magazine