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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

Material accumulated by several members of the Hackworth family or unidentified

Print of Novelty Locomotive in black and white

Images

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

'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

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

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

‘The Northern Echo’

‘Evening Dispatch’

'Timothy Hackworth’s Royal George, September 1827'

‘Darlington and Richmond Herald’

'The Northern Echo'

'The Newcastle Daily Chronicle'

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

'The Echo'

Pamphlets

‘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)

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

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

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

Article entitled ‘Inventor of the Locomotive’

'The Railway Times'

Mounted blueprint of 'Magnet' locomotive

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

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

'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’

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

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

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'

'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

'The North Eastern Railway Magazine'

Journal and magazine articles/extracts

Newspapers