Saturday at Robert Stephenson Works Bicentenary

Summer 2023 sees the bicentenary of the world's first locomotive works at South Street, on Forth Banks between Newcastle Central Station & the Tyne.     In commemoration, the Common Room (formerly NEIMME) is hosting a presentation nearby about Robert Stephenson & the works:

The Exhibition is open until March 2023

The story of Stephenson's loco works is presented on boards & video

McDowell prints show the works at closure in 1902
- when production transferred to a new plant at Darlington

George Stephenson's statue is prominent from a window of the exhibition room

The Robert Stephenson story

Tanfield Railway aims to have Twizell, built at the works, back in service later in 2023, following boiler repairs.