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George Stephenson
I really enjoy the programs about the early days of steam but feel I need to take issue over the beginnings.
Recently there was a program on Discovery that hailed the Stockton to Darlington railway as the first. How wrong! George Stephenson was already established with a standard gauge line using locomotives in 1822 at Hetton Le Hole. The Hetton Colliery railway was opened in August 1822 when thousands of people came to see the FIRST locomotives on a standard gauge line.
The program makers never even mentioned how important or large, at 8 miles long this railway was. And the fact that it remained open until 1960! Our colliery railway was the first, the most important and the one that set the rules for rail travel today. Let it not be forgotten.
Regards Steve
Recently there was a program on Discovery that hailed the Stockton to Darlington railway as the first. How wrong! George Stephenson was already established with a standard gauge line using locomotives in 1822 at Hetton Le Hole. The Hetton Colliery railway was opened in August 1822 when thousands of people came to see the FIRST locomotives on a standard gauge line.
The program makers never even mentioned how important or large, at 8 miles long this railway was. And the fact that it remained open until 1960! Our colliery railway was the first, the most important and the one that set the rules for rail travel today. Let it not be forgotten.
Regards Steve
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- aopw12
- Jun 18, 2005
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