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British rail transport pioneers

  • Robert StephensonRobert Stephenson was born on the 16th of October 1803 at Willington Quay, east of Newcastle upon Tyne. His father George worked as a brakesman on a…
  • Joseph LockeJoseph Locke was born in Attercliffe, Sheffield on the 9th of August 1805. He moved to Barnsley when he was five years old.
  • Matthew MurrayMatthew Murray was born in Newcastle upon Tyne during 1765. He left school at the age of fourteen to begin an apprenticeship as a blacksmith or whitesmith.