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Cover of leaflet regarding experiments with locomotives

• Lesson: Lesson 5 - Tonnage of coal carried on the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 8 May 1840
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/PS 3/81

Extract from The Centenary of Public Railways at their birthplace, Stockton-on-Tees

• Lesson: Railway Opening
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 1925
• Location: Durham University Special Collections L 385 STO

Extract from The Centenary of Public Railways at their birthplace, Stockton-on-Tees

• Lesson: Railway Opening
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 1925
• Location: Durham University Special Collections L 385 STO

Extract from The Centenary of Public Railways at their birthplace, Stockton-on-Tees

• Lesson: Railway Opening
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 1925
• Location: Durham University Special Collections L 385 STO

Extract from The Centenary of Public Railways at their birthplace, Stockton-on-Tees

• Lesson: Railway Opening
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 1925
• Location: Durham University Special Collections L 385 STO

Extract from The Centenary of Public Railways at their birthplace, Stockton-on-Tees

• Lesson: Railway Opening
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 1925
• Location: Durham University Special Collections L 385 STO

Invitation to 50th anniversary of Stockton and Darlington Railway

• Lesson: Lesson 3 - Official opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 1875
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/Ho/X 14 (8)

Leaflet regarding experiments with locomotives

• Lesson: Lesson 5 - Tonnage of coal carried on the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 8 May 1840
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/PS 3/81

Letter concerning 50th anniversary of Stockton and Darlington Railway

• Lesson: Lesson 3 - Official opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: September 1875
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/Ho/X 14 (1)

Locomotion passing over Skern Bridge

• Lesson: Lesson 3 - Official opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: n.d. [c.1825]
• Location: Durham University Special Collection Pam XLL 385

Newspaper extract describing the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

• Lesson: Lesson 1 - Darlington & Stockton railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 30 September 1825
• Location: Durham University Special Collections Pam XLL 385

Newspaper extract describing the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

• Lesson: Lesson 6 - To write a diary
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 30 September 1825
• Location: Durham University Special Collections Pam XLL 385

Newspaper extract describing the opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

• Lesson: Railway Opening
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 30 September 1825
• Location: Durham University Special Collections Pam XLL 385

Notice of a public meeting

• Lesson: Lesson 3 - Official opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 2 November 1839
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/PS 3/65

Programme for 50th anniversary of Stockton and Darlington Railway

• Lesson: Lesson 3 - Official opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 1875
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/Ho/X 14 (7)

Statement of railway accounts

• Lesson: Lesson 2 - What goods were carried on the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: Date of copy unknown
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/CL 14/5

Tickets and order of arrangements for opening of the Middlesbrough and Redcar Railway

• Lesson: Lesson 3 - Official opening of the Stockton Darlington Railway
• Topic: A Railway Town in the 19th Century (Darlington)
• Date: 28 May 1846
• Location: Durham County Record Office D/PS 3/82