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Professor Paul Salveson is a historian and writer and lives in Bolton. He is visiting professor in ‘Worktown Studies’ at the University of Bolton and author of several books on Lancashire history You’d have to be of a certain age to remember Bolton’s ‘other’ railway, which ran from Great Moor Street station, now part of Morrison’s car park. It was the terminus for two lines – the Leigh and Kenyon Junction line, via Chequerbent, and the route to Manchester via Walkden and Little Hulton. The Leigh line opened as early as 1828 and pre-dates even the Liverpool and Manchest...

The Railway Magazine The first visitors to Locomotion in Shildon can now book their tickets online ahead of the museum’s reopening on Wednesday 19 May. Visitors will be able to see the original Locomotion No.1 on display in Shildon for the first time in more than 170 years – close to the site of its first historic journey at the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Related articles Also on display will be  Railway Heroes, a photographic exhibition which celebrates the vital role played by railway key workers during the pandemic. The 16 people featured in the exhibition...

24 Feb 2021 RAIL HISTORY: Timothy Hackworth, great-great-grandfather of Teesdale's Jane Hackworth-Young. AFTER nearly 200 years, descendants of the original railway pioneers have been reunited to promote the historic line that their forefathers were instrumental in creating. Matthew Pease, the great-great-great-great-grandson of Edward “Father of the Railways” Pease has become the President of the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway (S&DR), while Jane Hackworth-Young, the great-great- granddaughter of Timothy Hackworth, has become the organisation’s vice president. Edward ...

AFTER nearly 200 years, descendants of the original railway pioneers have been reunited to promote the historic line that their forefathers were instrumental in creating. Matthew Pease, the great-great-great-great-grandson of Edward “Father of the Railways” Pease has become the President of the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, while Jane Hackworth-Young, the great-great-grand-daughter of Timothy Hackworth, has become the organisation’s Vice-President. Edward Pease was the driving force behind the railway, which is regarded as the birthplace of the modern railway, and ...