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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'

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

'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’

Print of Novelty Locomotive in black and white

Material accumulated by several members of the Hackworth family or unidentified

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

Images

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

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’

'The Northern Echo'

'Timothy Hackworth’s Royal George, September 1827'

Printed material

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

'The Echo'

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

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

‘The Northern Echo’

‘Evening Dispatch’

‘Darlington and Richmond Herald’

'The Newcastle Daily Chronicle'

‘Durham Chronicle’ No. 2241 11 October 1862

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

'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)

Mounted print of 'Wilberforce' locomotive

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

Article entitled ‘Inventor of the Locomotive’

'The Railway Magazine'

Photograph of Stockton and Darlington Railway 'No 1' Locomotive standing on display plinth

Pamphlets

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 Echo’

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

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

Newspaper articles and extracts

Photograph/print postcard of 'Locomotion’, ’Rocket', ’Royal George’ Locomotives' and ’Experiment' Railway Coach and the First Railway Suspension Bridge Built over the Tees

'London and North Eastern Railway Programme of ceremonies in connection with the commemoration of the centenary of the railways'

'The Railway Times'

'The North Eastern Railway Magazine'

'A list of printed and illustrated material on the Liverpool and Manchester Railway in the Reference Library', published by Liverpool Libraries Museums and Arts Committee

Letter from John Wesley Hackworth, London to Albert Hackworth

Mounted blueprint of 'Magnet' locomotive

Photographs of 'old chain rails' from the Stockton and Darlington Railway

Print of 'Titan' Locomotive, possibly from drawing

Journal and magazine articles/extracts