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The Stockton and Darlington Railway (S&DR) was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives,[1] its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington, and was officially opened on 27 September 1825. The movement of coal to ships rapidly became a lucrative business, and the line was soon extended to a new port and town at Middlesbrough. While coal waggons were hauled by steam locomotives from the start, passengers were carried in coaches drawn by horses until carriages hauled by steam locomotives were introduced in 1833.

The S&DR was involved in the building of the East Coast Main Line between York and Darlington, but its main expansion was at Middlesbrough Docks and west into Weardale and east to Redcar. It suffered severe financial difficulties at the end of the 1840s and was nearly taken over by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, before the discovery of iron ore in Cleveland and the subsequent increase in revenue meant it could pay its debts. At the beginning of the 1860s it took over railways that had crossed the Pennines to join the West Coast Main Line at Tebay and Clifton, near Penrith.

The company was taken over by the North Eastern Railway in 1863, transferring 200 route miles (320 route kilometres) of line and about 160 locomotives, but continued to operate independently as the Darlington Section until 1876. The opening of the S&DR was seen as proof of the effectiveness of steam railways and its anniversary was celebrated in 1875, 1925 and 1975. Much of the original route is now served by the Tees Valley Line, operated by Northern.

Locomotives were sometimes renumbered, and the old numbers re-used for new locomotives. The following list does not include all renumberings.

Number Name Wheels Designer Builder Date introduced Comments
1 Active, later Locomotion No. 1 0-4-0 G & R Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1825
Preserved at Darlington
2 Hope 0-4-0 G & R Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1825 [2]
3 Black Diamond 0-4-0 G & R Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1826 [2]
4 Diligence 0-4-0 G & R Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1826 [2]
5(1) Stockton, nicknamed Chittaprat ? ? Robert Wilson and Co 1826 [3][4]
5(2) Royal George (rebuilt from Chittaprat) 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth ? 1827
[5]
6 Experiment[i] 0-4-0 G & R Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1826 [6]
7 Rocket[ii] 0-6-0 Robert Stephenson? Robert Stephenson? 1829 [7]
8(1) Victory 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Shildon railway works 1829 [8]
8(2) Leader[iii] 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Soho Works, Shildon 1842 [9]
9 Globe 0-4-0 Timothy Hackworth? Robert Stephenson? ? [10]
10 Planet 2-2-0 Robert Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1830 [11]
11 North Star 2-2-0 Robert Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1830/31 [11]
12(1) Majestic 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn[iv] 1831/32 [12]
12(2) Briton 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Shildon railway works 1837 [11]
12(3) Trader (rebuilt from Briton) 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Soho Works, Shildon 1842 [9]
13 Coronation 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
14 William IV 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
15 Northumbrian 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
16 Director 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
17 Lord Brougham 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
18 Shildon 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
19 Darlington 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
20 Adelaide 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
21 Earl Grey 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
22 Lord Durham 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Stephenson/Hawthorn 1831/32 [12]
23 Wilberforce 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Hawthorn 1833 [12][13]
24 Magnet 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth Soho Works, Shildon 1835 [9] The first locomotive built at Soho.[14]
25(1) Enterprise 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth William and Alfred Kitching 1835 [15]
25(2) Derwent 0-6-0 Timothy Hackworth William and Alfred Kitching 1845
Preserved at Darlington
26 Arrow 2-2-2 Timothy Hackworth Soho Works, Shildon 1837 [16] [15]
27 Swift 0-4-0 Hawthorn Hawthorn 1836 [15]
28 (later 43) Sunbeam 2-2-0 Hawthorn Hawthorn 1837 [15]
29 (later 40) Queen 0-4-0 Kitching Kitching 1837 [15]
30 (later 49) Raby Castle 2-2-2 Kitching Kitching 1839 [15]
31 Redcar 0-6-0 Hackworth/Bouch Shildon railway works 1845 [17]
32 Eldon 0-6-0 Hackworth/Bouch Shildon railway works 1846 [17]
33 Shildon 0-6-0 Hackworth/Bouch Shildon railway works 1846 [17]
34 Driver 0-6-0 Hackworth/Bouch Shildon railway works 1846 [17]
35 Commerce 0-6-0 William Bouch Shildon railway works 1847 [17]
36 Guisbro 0-6-0 William Bouch Shildon railway works 1847 [17]
37 Gem 0-6-0 William Bouch Shildon railway works 1847 [17]
38 Rokeby 2-4-0 William Bouch Shildon railway works 1847 [17]
39 Ruby 2-4-0 William Bouch Shildon railway works 1847 [17]
40 Queen formerly no.29 Kitching Kitching 1837 [15]
41 Dart 0-4-0 Timothy Hackworth Soho Works, Shildon 1839 [9][18]
42 London 0-4-0 J Hague? J. Hague? 1839 [17][19]
43 Sunbeam formerly no.28 Hawthorn Hawthorn 1837 [15]
44 Sun 2-2-0 Edward Bury William Fairbairn 1844 [17]
45 Gannymede 0-4-0 Edward Bury William Fairbairn 1844 [20]
46 Antelope 2-2-0 Edward Bury Edward Bury 1844 [20]
47 Unicorn 2-2-0 Edward Bury Edward Bury 1844 [20]
48 Active 0-4-2 Kitching Kitching 1844 [20]
49 Raby Castle formerly no.30 Kitching Kitching 1839 [15]
50 Meteor 2-2-2 William Bouch Shildon Works 1842 [20]
51 Arrow formerly no.26 Timothy Hackworth Soho Works, Shildon 1837 [16] [15]
52 Comet 2-2-2 Kirtley Kirtley [v] 1840/41 [20]
53 Manchester 2-2-2 Sharp, Roberts and Co. Sharp, Roberts and Co. 1840 [20]
54 Tyneside 2-2-2 Robert Stephenson Robert Stephenson 1842 [20]
55 Wolsingham 0-4-2 William and Alfred Kitching William and Alfred Kitching 1847 [20]
60 Cleveland 0-6-0 J. Graham[vi] Gilkes Wilson and Company 1848 [21]
61 Star 0-6-0 J. Graham Gilkes Wilson and Company 1849 [21]
62 Southend 0-6-0 J. Graham Gilkes Wilson and Company 1849 [21] [22]
63 Birkbeck 0-6-0 W. Bouch Shildon railway works 1849 [21]
64 Larchfield 0-6-0 W. Bouch Shildon railway works 1849 [21]
65 Newmarket or Stephenson 2-4-0 Robert Stephenson? Gilkes Wilson and Company 1850? [21]
66 Priam 2-4-0 Robert Stephenson? Gilkes Wilson and Company 1847 [21]
67 Orion 2-4-0 Robert Stephenson? Gilkes Wilson and Company 1848 [21]
68 Brunswick 2-4-0 Robert Stephenson? Gilkes Wilson and Company 1850 [21]
69 Clarendon 2-4-0 Robert Stephenson? Gilkes Wilson and Company 1850 [21]
70 Alarm 2-4-0 Robert Stephenson? Gilkes Wilson and Company 1851 [21]
71 Hackworth 2-4-0 ? Alfred Kitching 1851 [23]
Albert 0-6-0 ? Gilkes, Wilson 1854 [24]
99 Ayton 2-4-0 Alfred Kitching Gilkes Wilson 1855 [25]
116 Lartington 2-4-0 Alfred Kitching Gilkes Wilson 1856
117 Nunthorpe 2-4-0 Alfred Kitching Gilkes Wilson 1856
118 Elmfield 2-4-0 Alfred Kitching Kitching & Co 1857
160 Brougham 4-4-0 William Bouch Robert Stephenson 1860
161 Lowther 4-4-0 William Bouch Robert Stephenson 1860
162 Saltburn 4-4-0 William Bouch Robert Stephenson 1862
163 Morecambe 4-4-0 William Bouch Robert Stephenson 1862
164 Belfast 4-4-0 William Bouch Robert Stephenson 1862
165 Keswick 4-4-0 William Bouch Robert Stephenson 1862

Disposal

When the North Eastern Railway (NER) took over the Stockton and Darlington Railway (SDR) in 1863, the SDR stock included 157 locomotives. The SDR locomotives were administered by a separate committee until 1873. The SDR locomotives were renumbered in 1873, mostly by the addition of 1000. In September 1875 there were still 55 SDR locomotives in existence.[26]

See also

References

  1. ^ Not Experiment by Richard Roberts
  2. ^ Not the better-known Stephenson's Rocket
  3. ^ Not SR Leader class
  4. ^ Construction of the Majestic and Wilberforce classes (nos. 12-23) was allocated equally to Robert Stephenson and Company and R and W Hawthorn
  5. ^ This may be Thomas Kirtley whose company, Thomas Kirtley and Co., built locomotives from 1837 to 1841
  6. ^ Possibly John Graham who joined the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1831 and was Traffic Manager until 1849[1]
  1. ^ Kirby 2002, back page.
  2. ^ a b c "Early locomotives". Grace's Guide.
  3. ^ [2]
  4. ^ [3]
  5. ^ [4]
  6. ^ [5]
  7. ^ [6]
  8. ^ [7]
  9. ^ a b c d J. Metcalfe (2016). "Timothy Hackworth". Railcentre - Railway History. p. 4.
  10. ^ [8]
  11. ^ a b c Pearce (1996), p. 218.
  12. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l J. Metcalfe (2016). "Timothy Hackworth". Railcentre - Railway History. p. 3.
  13. ^ Smith (2015), p. 40.
  14. ^ Smith (2015), pp. 44–45.
  15. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Pearce (1996), p. 220.
  16. ^ a b Smith (2015), pp. 55–56.
  17. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Pearce (1996), p. 221.
  18. ^ Smith (2015), p. 55.
  19. ^ https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/John_Hague
  20. ^ a b c d e f g h i Pearce (1996), p. 222.
  21. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Pearce (1996), p. 223.
  22. ^ [9]
  23. ^ [10]
  24. ^ [11]
  25. ^ [12]
  26. ^ "NER locomotives". Steam Index.
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