The History of the Stockton and Darlington Railway and its various branches By George Markham Tweddell 1869

In 1869 George Markham Tweddell wrote a book called 

The History of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

This is the book - which you can read on line or download from Google books  - links below.

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http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=T_kGAAAAQAAJ&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=false

Graphics from the book

Francis Mewburn also features with a section of his own in Tweddell's Bards and Authors of Cleveland and South Durham (to be added to this blog soon).

Timothy Hackworth Story

http://www.railcentre.co.uk/hackworth/hackworth1.htm