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

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

'The Brixtonian'

Catalogues

Article from Northern Echo entitled 'The Railway Jubilee, Jubilee Number III'

'Centenary Celebrations of the Opening on 15 September 1830 of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. Catalogue of the Railway Exhibition held in St George's Hall, Liverpool. Stamped ‘with compliments’

Article from 'The Engineer' entitled 'Water Tube Boilers' by John H Hackworth, Managing Director, The Machinery and Hardware Company, 147, Queen Victoria Street, London

Centenary pamphlets

Dyeline copy of a unidentified line drawing showing dimensions of a locomotive

'The Northern Echo'

Material accumulated by several members of the Hackworth family or unidentified

Print of Novelty Locomotive in black and white

Images

'The North Eastern Railway Magazine'

'The Railway Magazine'

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 Northern Echo’

'The Newcastle Daily Chronicle'

Mounted print of 'Wilberforce' locomotive

Print showing the Royal George, Timothy Hackworth and Timothy Hackworth’s Sanspareil

Article from an unknown journal entitled ‘The Mystery of Trevithick’s London Locomotives’

Printed material

‘Evening Dispatch’

'Timothy Hackworth’s Royal George, September 1827'

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

‘Darlington and Richmond Herald’

Pamphlets

Copies of two photographs of Hackworth's 'Samson' locomotive, 1838, sent to Nova Scotia in 1839, first locomotive in British North America

Manuscript of 'The Story of the Locomotive period 1769-1827’, lecture given by Mrs James, Shildon to the London Association of Engineers

Article entitled ‘Inventor of the Locomotive’

'The Echo'

Letter from John Tindall, Shrewsbury to Miss Hackworth [it is not known which family member this refers to]

‘Northern Echo’

‘Durham Chronicle’ No. 2241 11 October 1862

'Bishop Auckland and Shildon’s Wesleyan Methodist Church Messenger', including article ‘Timothy Hackworth of Shildon: A man who made the Locomotive a Success’ by George Edward Young (Jr)

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

Mounted blueprint of 'Magnet' locomotive

Article from the 'Daily Mail' entitled ‘Rival to Stephenson’ including letter from Thomas Greener

Article from 'The Financial Times Special Railway Supplement' entitled 'The Chairmen of the principle railway companies of Great Britain and Ireland with arms of their respective companies'

'American Artisan'

Article from 'Auckland Chronicle' entitled 'Record of addresses given by John Wesley Hackworth, George Edward Young and Thomas Greener at an ‘Interesting banquet by Daniel Adamson Esq., to the members and friends of the New Shildon Mechanics Institute’'

Article entitled ‘Railway Accidents’ letter to editor from E. Brown

'The Railway Times'

Letter from John Wesley Hackworth, Darlington to Albert Hackworth?

'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'

'The Wesleyan Methodist’s Magazine' including article ‘A Great Methodist Inventor’ by George Edward Young [Jr]

Article from ‘The Echo’

'The Engineer'

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