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George Stephenson is a tribute to the shipbuilding industry of the '50s. The steamer is a combination of a new airframe, components and elements of steamships of the past. The ship is also used since the launch of the recruitment of funds for medical research. George Stephenson can be chartered among others for trips and cruises.
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Designed by Robert Stephenson, the son of George.. what a family. Road and pedestrian at this level, railway above. This was the main London to Edinburgh line until about 50 years ago. now carries mainly regional trains. This photo was one of two chosen to decorate the new wing of the Queen Elizabeth Hospital extension, I'm still waiting.
60087 crossing Sankey Viaduct with 6E10 09.55 Liverpool Biomass Terminal - Drax AES.
The Sankey Viaduct is a railway viaduct in North West England. It is a designated Grade I listed building and has been described as being "the earliest major railway viaduct in the world". In 1826, the Liverpool and Manchester Railway Company was authorised to construct the world's first intercity railway. One obstacle on the selected 50-kilometre route between Liverpool and Manchester was the Sankey Valley. The company's principal engineer, George Stephenson, designed the Sankey Viaduct for the double-track railway to traverse the valley and Sankey Canal with sufficient clearance for the masts and sails of the Mersey flats that used the canal.
44767 - North of Levisham 10-08-1987 R1004
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
The steamship George Stephenson, pictured in Ostend, was built in 2015, but almost completely finished with maritime heritage. It contains parts from several famous historical ships
44767 - Levisham 12-08-1987 R1015bw
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
44767 - Levisham 09-08-1987 R998
Olympus OM40 (film)
Fujichrome colour slide scanned to digital
North Yorkshire Moors Railway
the unique stephenson link motion class 5 4-6-0 44767 george stephenson seen on the now lifted section beyond ipstones of the churnet valley's one time cauldon low extension
Another strike day diversion over the Chat Moss route and GBRf 60026 'Helvellyn' was not hanging about getting to Newton-le-Willows in twenty minutes from a standing start at Tuebrook sidings.
Crossing George Stephenson's 1830 Liverpool & Manchester Railway Viaduct at 60 mph with a 2400 ton consist of Biomass (a third of the calorific value of coal) brought by ship from Canada to be burned in Yorkshire ... what have we done?
44767 george stephenson again , this time steaming along the banks of the river esk , leaving whitby with the moors explorer
LMS Black 5 44767 "George Stephenson" exits the northern portal MIlford Tunnel hauling a pristine rake of maroon MK1 stock on May 19th 1994.
The newly painted stock was steam hauled to Scotland, the move from Derby to Carlisle.
I captured this shot of two old merchant houses on the Newcastle Quayside from an elevated position, on a set of stairs, at the Quayside pub run by JD Wetherspoon. The smaller black and white house on the left dates back to the 1500’s and until fairly recently was a pub called the cooperage. The larger merchant house to the right has been turned in to a fine dining restaurant called the House of Tides and is run by Kenny Atkinson.
Thought this would be a really great shot to combine the famous high level bridge of Robert Stevenson, which dates back to the mid 1800’s, with the two merchants houses. I also had the good angle on the stairs to shoot from.
I took the photograph and was fairly pleased with it until I enlarged it at home and saw the lamp post smack bang in the middle of my shot. I was going to forget about the shot but then as a challenge to myself I thought I would try and clone the lamp post out in Photoshop Elements and to be honest I think I did a pretty good job of it.
The first shot I put on Flickr today is the original and the second with the lamp post missing is obviously the cloned version. I would be grateful for any comments and opinions on this second photograph.
If you visit Newcastle upon Tyne, whether a tourist or a photographer, then I would highly recommend you visit the Quayside. Weekends are always good and there are some great places to eat and drink. There’s also a large Quayside Market on a Sunday. From a photography point of view there are some excellent viewpoints to shoot from such as the Tyne Bridge, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and the Sage Gateshead which is a live music venue and a work of art in itself. Have a look at some of the locations on the Quayside that I’ve shot from, I’ve geotagged quite a number of them on Flickr which will hopefully help you.
This image has been produced from memory and may need a little tweaking if it prompts anyone to offer photographic evidence (I recall seeing a picture a few years ago). George Stephenson & Company Limited of Bishop Auckland was one of the largest building contractor in south-west Durham. The yards at Bishop Auckland and Tindale Crescent were an Aladdin's Cave to anyone interested in elderly vehicles - particularly ex-military kit. My favourites were the Leyland Hippo tippers with the 'RAF' style cabs (as per the pressure refuellers). Bus-wise Stephensons had operated pre-war Bristol J-Types and post-war L-Type before acquiring this Bristol LS (I imagined there were more but this is the only one that I can be sure of). New in 1955 to United Automobile Services as VHN 899 (fleet number BU99), it was withdrawn in 1971, passing to Stephensons for staff transport. The company ceased trading sometime in the late 1970s.
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44767 "George Stephenson" is seen on a run-past on the disused section of the Churnet Valley Railway near Oakamoor. 6/11/2010.
I've not been on many organised photographic charters, but one of the best I attended was this one, where we had unique Stephenson-link Black Five, 44767 "George Stephenson" on the Churnet Valley Railway. 44767 undertakes another run-past on the disused section of the Churnet Valley Railway near Oakamoor. 6/11/2010.
68031 "Felix" is seen passing over George Stephenson"s Newton Viaduct prior to arriving at Newton-le-Willows Railway Station working 1E35 11:54 Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough on the 25th July 2020.
Stock :- 11511, 12733, 12732, 12731, 12811.
© Andy Parkinson 2020 - No Unauthorised Use Please.
44767 george stephenson glints in the low winter sunshine near winkhill on it's way to cauldon low
I used this spot early last year but found the lane and fields crowded with other photographers --at least this time there was no one in the way
44767 "George Stephenson" is seen on a run-past on the disused section of the Churnet Valley Railway near Oakamoor. 6/11/2010.
68024 "Centaur" is crossing over George Stephenson's Newton Viaduct prior to it's arrival at Newton-le-Willows Railway Station working 1E35 11:54 Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough on the 5th September 2020.
Stock :- 11508, 12722, 12723, 12724, 12808.
© Andy Parkinson 2020 - No Unauthorised Use Please.
I captured this shot of two old merchant houses on the Newcastle Quayside from an elevated position, on a set of stairs, at the Quayside pub run by JD Wetherspoon. The smaller black and white house on the left dates back to the 1500’s and until fairly recently was a pub called the cooperage. The larger merchant house to the right has been turned in to a fine dining restaurant called the House of Tides and is run by Kenny Atkinson.
Thought this would be a really great shot to combine the famous high level bridge of Robert Stevenson, which dates back to the mid 1800’s, with the two merchants houses. I also had the good angle on the stairs to shoot from.
I took the photograph and was fairly pleased with it until I enlarged it at home and saw the lamp post smack bang in the middle of my shot. I was going to forget about the shot but then as a challenge to myself I thought I would try and clone the lamp post out in Photoshop Elements and to be honest I think I did a pretty good job of it.
The first shot I put on Flickr today is the original and the second with the lamp post missing is obviously the cloned version. I would be grateful for any comments and opinions on this second photograph.
If you visit Newcastle upon Tyne, whether a tourist or a photographer, then I would highly recommend you visit the Quayside. Weekends are always good and there are some great places to eat and drink. There’s also a large Quayside Market on a Sunday. From a photography point of view there are some excellent viewpoints to shoot from such as the Tyne Bridge, Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art and the Sage Gateshead which is a live music venue and a work of art in itself. Have a look at some of the locations on the Quayside that I’ve shot from, I’ve geotagged quite a number of them on Flickr which will hopefully help you.
I took a series of photographs early one cold morning on the 5th of February 2016. What follows is one of the series. I took each of the pictures around Newcastle upon Tyne and all of the pictures were within a five minute walking distance of where I was parked. Some of the images are dark and sinister and some are well lit and alive. I would appreciate any comments on the varied images that I took on this morning.
This is my last photograph in the series from the morning of the fifth and probably my favourite of them all. It has the iconic Tyne bridge which always makes you feel at home, especially when you have been away. Also in the photograph are the older swing bridge and the more recent millennium bridge, all are iconic in their own way. They all feel somehow alive to me as well with the bridges and the quayside itself bathed in light. I'm pleased with this shot taken to try and capture as much detail as possible.
Seen here at the National Rail Museum, York,U.K.
On this day,15th September in 1830, the first accident resulting in death on the railways occurred.
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LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT No 44767 'George Stephenson' heads local passenger recreation at Long Shaw Farm on the branch from Leek Brook Junction up to Cauldon Low on the Churnet Valley Railway on 26th January 2012 - A Russ Hillier Charter
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I took a series of photographs early one cold morning on the 5th of February 2016. What follows is one of the series. I took each of the pictures around Newcastle upon Tyne and all of the pictures were within a five minute walking distance of where I was parked. Some of the images are dark and sinister and some are well lit and alive. I would appreciate any comments on the varied images that I took on this morning.
This was one of my favourite photos of the day. It's a long exposure taken just before the sun came up and the sky was a remarkable colour. It was still dark enough to take a long exposure but light enough to see fairly well. I found the blue of the sky and clouds really awesome. The swing bridge and Tyne Bridge are the main focal points in this picture although the sky did play a big part for me.
The Grade II Listed Norwich Railway Station (formerly Norwich Thorpe Station), in Norwich, Norfolk.
The station is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street. It is also the terminus of railway lines from Cambridge, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich. Norwich Thorpe which is the current station now simply named Norwich - though still known locally as "Thorpe Station", Norwich Victoria which was once the terminus for certain passenger services from the London direction until 1916 as well as a goods station until demolition in the 1970s, and Norwich City which was the terminus for the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable which closed in 1959.
The original station was opened by the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR) which was the earliest railway in Norfolk, England. Its Act of Parliament of 18 June 1842 authorised the issue of £200,000 worth of shares to build a line between the two, via Reedham and the Yare valley. The Chairman was George Stephenson and the Chief Engineer was his son Robert. Construction started in April 1843 and the 20.5 miles were completed in a year, with an inspection/inaugural run on 12 April 1844 and a ceremonial opening on 30 April 1844, followed the next day by the beginning of regular passenger services.
The Norwich and Brandon Railway arrived in the station in 1845 and this offered a route to Liverpool Street via Cambridge and Bishops Stortford. Four years later the Eastern Union Railway started services to Norwich Victoria and two years later services from Ipswich started serving the better placed station. By the 1860s the railways in East Anglia were in financial trouble, and most were leased to the ECR; they wished to amalgamate formally, but could not obtain government agreement for this until 1862, when the Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed by amalgamation. Thus Norwich Thorpe (and Victoria) became GER stations in 1862.
With traffic growing it was apparent a new station was required and this was built to the north of the original station in the 1880s and is the structure standing today. The old terminus then became part of expanded goods facilities. The new station was built by Messrs Youngs and Son, of Norwich, from designs by Mr J Wilson, the company‘s engineer, at the cost of £60,000. It had a circulating area with a high ceiling and the roof was supported by ironwork supplied by contractor Barnard Bishop and Barnard. The roof extended partly down the platforms which were then covered by canopies for part of their length. There were initially five platforms and engine release roads between platforms 2 and 3 and 4 and 5. These allowed the locomotive to be detached from the train without the need for a shunting locomotive (known as a station pilot) having to shunt the carriages out of the station. The attractive station building was built around a central clock tower (the clock was supplied by Dixons and Co of London Street Norwich) with two storey matching wings either side. A portico was built onto the clock-tower section.
On 1 January 1923 the GER amalgamated with several other railways to form the London & North Eastern Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921 which saw many of the 120 railway companies grouped into four main companies in an effort to stem their losses. During World War II the station was bombed in June 1940 and April 1942.
The nationalisation of Britain's railways saw the operation of Norwich station pass to British Railways Eastern Region. Platform 6 was added in 1954 and in 1955 a modern booking hall was added. During the late 1950s steam was phased out from the East Anglian Network as diesels took over.
When the station closed briefly for electrification works by the Eastern Region in 1986, Trowse railway station, a disused suburban station, was put back into service as the temporary terminus of the line. It closed again when Norwich re-opened. The signalling was also modernised at this time and the track layout simplified.
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LMS 4-6-0 Class 5MT No 44767 'George Stephenson' heads local passenger working from Cheddleton at Ipstone on the branch from Leek Brook Junction to Cauldon Low (Churnet Valley Railway) on 26th January 2012 - a RUSS Charter
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July 1985.
On a dull wet day, LMS Stanier Class 5MT 4-6-0 No 44767 'George Stephenson' stands in the yard at Fort William awaiting it's next turn to Mallaig in July 1985.
Copied from one of my Kodachrome colour slides.
The Grade II Listed Norwich Railway Station (formerly Norwich Thorpe Station), Norwich, Norfolk.
The station is the northern terminus of the Great Eastern Main Line from London Liverpool Street. It is also the terminus of railway lines from Cambridge, Sheringham, Great Yarmouth and Lowestoft.
At one time there were three railway stations in Norwich. Norwich Thorpe which is the current station now simply named Norwich - though still known locally as "Thorpe Station", Norwich Victoria which was once the terminus for certain passenger services from the London direction until 1916 as well as a goods station until demolition in the 1970s, and Norwich City which was the terminus for the Midland and Great Northern Joint Railway line from Melton Constable which closed in 1959.
The original station was opened by the Yarmouth & Norwich Railway (Y&NR) which was the earliest railway in Norfolk, England. Its Act of Parliament of 18 June 1842 authorised the issue of £200,000 worth of shares to build a line between the two, via Reedham and the Yare valley. The Chairman was George Stephenson and the Chief Engineer was his son Robert. Construction started in April 1843 and the 20.5 miles were completed in a year, with an inspection/inaugural run on 12 April 1844 and a ceremonial opening on 30 April 1844, followed the next day by the beginning of regular passenger services.
The Norwich and Brandon Railway arrived in the station in 1845 and this offered a route to Liverpool Street via Cambridge and Bishops Stortford. Four years later the Eastern Union Railway started services to Norwich Victoria and two years later services from Ipswich started serving the better placed station. By the 1860s the railways in East Anglia were in financial trouble, and most were leased to the ECR; they wished to amalgamate formally, but could not obtain government agreement for this until 1862, when the Great Eastern Railway (GER) was formed by amalgamation. Thus Norwich Thorpe (and Victoria) became GER stations in 1862.
With traffic growing it was apparent a new station was required and this was built to the north of the original station in the 1880s and is the structure standing today. The old terminus then became part of expanded goods facilities. The new station was built by Messrs Youngs and Son, of Norwich, from designs by Mr J Wilson, the company‘s engineer, at the cost of £60,000. It had a circulating area with a high ceiling and the roof was supported by ironwork supplied by contractor Barnard Bishop and Barnard. The roof extended partly down the platforms which were then covered by canopies for part of their length. There were initially five platforms and engine release roads between platforms 2 and 3 and 4 and 5. These allowed the locomotive to be detached from the train without the need for a shunting locomotive (known as a station pilot) having to shunt the carriages out of the station. The attractive station building was built around a central clock tower (the clock was supplied by Dixons and Co of London Street Norwich) with two storey matching wings either side. A portico was built onto the clock-tower section.
On 1 January 1923 the GER amalgamated with several other railways to form the London & North Eastern Railway as a result of the Railways Act 1921 which saw many of the 120 railway companies grouped into four main companies in an effort to stem their losses. During World War II the station was bombed in June 1940 and April 1942.
The nationalisation of Britain's railways saw the operation of Norwich station pass to British Railways Eastern Region. Platform 6 was added in 1954 and in 1955 a modern booking hall was added. During the late 1950s steam was phased out from the East Anglian Network as diesels took over.
When the station closed briefly for electrification works by the Eastern Region in 1986, Trowse railway station, a disused suburban station, was put back into service as the temporary terminus of the line. It closed again when Norwich re-opened. The signalling was also modernised at this time and the track layout simplified.
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This is a shot of the Millennium Bridge, also known as the blinking eye, crossing the river Tyne from Newcastle to Gateshead. I had to act quick to get this shot as I saw the clean up boat pass me and wanted to get the wake from the boat crashing against the stone steps that lead down to the river. You can see the boat under the bridge in the distance. This boat has an on board crane that lifts trees out of the river. The Tyne has had quite a number of trees in it lately because of the bad weather and the fact that it is fast approaching winter.
In superb evening light, Trans Pennine Express 68032 'Destroyer' crosses George Stephenson's 1830 Liverpool & Manchester Railway Sankey Viaduct with 1E51 19.54 Liverpool - Scarborough.
Update 01/06/26:
This image appears on the roadside 'Welcome to Newton-le-Willows' sign on Ashton Road leading from Haydock Island.
* A significantly historical location, as the worlds first commercial narrow canal (Sankey Canal) passed under the arch 68032 is on. The Liverpool & Manchester was the worlds first passenger railway.
* Thanks go to Doug Birmingham (8A Rail) who let me know 68032 would lead out of Lime Street.
* Note: return wires removed from image.
* Pole @ 9m.
Taken through my moving tourist coach, Budapestis Keleti railway station, which is the main international and inter-city railway terminal. The main façade is adorned with two statues depicting James Watt and George Stephenson
Honouring the much-travelled 'father of the railways' who chose to settle in the area. He was buried in a building just over a decade old at the time of his death in 1848, Chesterfield's Holy Trinity Church (not the famous one with the twisted spire).
68032 "Destroyer" is seen passing over George Stephenson's Newton Viaduct prior to passing through Newton-le-Willows Railway Station working 1E35 11:54 Liverpool Lime Street to Scarborough on the 18th September 2020.
Stock :- 11507, 12721, 12720, 12719, 12807.
© Andy Parkinson 2020 - No Unauthorised Use Please.
A cold New Year moon peeks through a telegraph pole on an abandoned Cambridgeshire railway line. Who needs super-fast broadband when you've got super-fast steam locomotives?
A statue of George Stephenson stands outside Chesterfield Railway Station, in Chesterfield, Derbyshire.
It is located not far from Tapton House where he lived in the latter part of his life. It is one of many depictions of the man often referred to as 'father' of the railways. The sculpture’s unveiling marked the completion of refurbishment work at the Station.
George Stephenson completed his first locomotive in 1814 and went on to demonstrate the viability of steam powered rail transport. Railways, locomotives, and their construction occupied the greater part of his working life and he may also be credited with establishing the railway standard gauge.
During his last decade, he was involved in the construction of the North Midland Railway between Derby and Leeds and lived at Tapton House. The Grade II* listed Georgian building (constructed 1782-94) is now part of Chesterfield College and lies about 1km to the north east of the station. Stephenson himself is not far away — his tomb is inside Holy Trinity Church.
In 2004, the bronze of Stephenson was commissioned from leading Suffolk portrait sculptor Stephen Hicklin, as part of Chesterfield’s Percent for Art initiative. The funding for the sculpture came from a partnership of Chesterfield Borough Council, Chesterfield Civic Society, Derbyshire County Council, Midland Mainline, Taylor Woodrow and Network Rail.
The monument depicts a tail-coated Stephenson balancing on one side of a tilted wheel, steadied by a large divider calliper in his right hand. The wheel includes two inscriptions — on the central boss is "VISION & INVENTION & DISCOVERY" and on the outer rim, "GEORGE STEPHENSON 1781-1848. LOCOMOTION, THE CONQUEST OVER SPACE AND TIME". In Stephenson's upraised left hand is a model of the locomotive Locomotion No.1, constructed for the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1824-5.
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The George at Kilsby was repainted (End of last year if I recall) and now looks like a proper pub again, after a horrible episode where it looked like a nightclub. (I refused to take a photo as it was so grotesque.) The owners still seem to be confused though, as their website still claims they are in Warwickshire, but of course, the village, and the pub clearly lie within the Northamptonshire borders.
21st June 2017