3.6K views · 594 reactions | A trip behind 1951 built Robert Stephenson and Hawthorns No. 7681 at the Whitwell and Reepham Railway on Bank Holiday Monday 29th August 2022. For the full video please see Henry's Adventures the YouTube channel. | Henry's Adventures | Facebook

We all utter the names George and Robert Stephenson when we talk about the birth of the modern railway — but what about Timothy Hackworth? Few know his name, and more really should. Here in Shildon, his world still stands — his home, the Soho Engine Shed, and the Goods Shed, all part of the original Stockton & Darlington Railway, the first public line to use steam locomotives. Hackworth designed and built some of the earliest engines that truly worked — including Royal George and Sans Pareil — p