Stockton and Darlington Railway
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Sep 22, 2026
Jerry KolberHOST
What if a steam engine could pull those wagons instead of horses? One of the most important early steam locomotives was built by British inventor George Stevenson and his son Robert.
Jerry KolberHOST
In 1825, one of their locomotives helped pull a train carrying passengers and freight on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England.
Jerry KolberHOST
The locomotive burned coal to heat water.
Jerry KolberHOST
The water turned into steam, and the pressure from that steam pushed pistons, which turned the wheels.
speaker_6HOST
Being an architect and having no training was the second time in his life that he did this.
speaker_6HOST
The first time that he did this where he had no training and did a job was in 1837. where Blackett lacked formal training, of course, and began work for the Stockton and Darlington Railway as a surveyor.
speaker_6HOST
A surveyor is the science of determining the terrestrial two-dimensional or three-dimensional positions of points in the distances and angles between them.
speaker_6HOST
We have a completely made-up story here, in my opinion.
PJ LandauNARRATOR
As early as 1814, he constructed his first locomotive at Killingworth Colliery.
PJ LandauNARRATOR
It was not until 1822 that he laid the first rail of his first large line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
PJ LandauNARRATOR
Stephenson's earliest important improvement in the locomotive consisted in his invention of what is called the steam blast, by which the steam is made to increase the draft of the fire and so largely add to the effectiveness of the engine.
PJ LandauNARRATOR
It was this invention that enabled him at last to make the railway into the great carrier of the world and to begin the greatest social and commercial upheaval that has ever occurred in the whole history of the human race.
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PJ LandauNARRATOR
He lived to see him the greatest practical engineer of his own time, and to feel that his success was in large measure due to the wider and more accurate scientific training the lad had received from his Edinburgh teachers.
PJ LandauNARRATOR
In eighteen nineteen, George married again, his second wife being the daughter of a farmer at Black Callerton.
PJ LandauNARRATOR
The work which finally secured the position of George Stephenson and of his dearly loved locomotive was the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
PJ LandauNARRATOR
Like all the other early railways, it was originally projected simply as a mineral line.
Michael BaileyGUEST
It's just understanding that that is the new feature.
Michael BaileyGUEST
But the locomotion we now see is really the vision of the chief engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1857, because he had to modify what was left of the original loco.
Michael BaileyGUEST
to make it look like how it should have looked like when it started working in 1825.
Michael BaileyGUEST
And he had quite a challenge.
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Michael BaileyGUEST
The decision as to the venue is yet to be made.
Michael BaileyGUEST
It's obviously either Liverpool or Manchester or somewhere in between.
Michael BaileyGUEST
Anyway, the bicentenary of the opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway is such an important event, as was the Stockton and Darlington Railway this last year.
Michael BaileyGUEST
And so this will give the opportunity for people carrying out research now, particularly in matters related to the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, to the opportunity to be able to give their papers to an interested audience.
Dan LongacreNARRATOR
Mr. Pease saw that he was the very man for the place.
Dan LongacreNARRATOR
When the Stockton and Darlington Railroad was planned, there was no thought of using locomotives on it.
Dan LongacreNARRATOR
None of the directors had any faith in them.
Dan LongacreNARRATOR
Stationary engines were to be put at the very steepest grades, but the bulk of the hauling was to be done by horses.