Introduction Part 1

Introduction Part 2

Chapter 1 Newcastle and the Great Northern Coal Field

Chapter 2 George Stephenson's Early Years

Chapter 3 Engineman at Willington Quay

Chapter 4 The Stephensons at Killingworth

Chapter 5 Early History of the Locomotive

Chapter 6 Invention of the 'Geordy' Safety Lamp

Chapter 7 George Stephenson's further Improvement of the Locomotive

Chapter 8 George Stephenson, Engineer of the Stockton and Darlington Railway

Chapter 9 The Liverpool and Manchester Railway Projected

Chapter 10 Chat Moss. Construction of the Railway

Chapter 11 Robert Stephenson in Colombia, The 'Rocket'

Chapter 12 Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway

Chapter 13 Robert Stephenson Constructs the London and Birmingham Railway

Chapter 14 Manchester and Leeds and Midland Railways

Chapter 15 George Stephenson's Coal Mines

Chapter 16 Robert Stephenson's Career

Chapter 17 Robert Stephenson's Tubular Bridges at Menai and Conway

Chapter 18 George Stephenson's Closing Years - Illness and Death