Uploaded June 2023 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

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Join me on a quest to find history's first modern passenger railway. Was it the Stockton & Darlington or the Liverpool & Manchester?
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1. Fire and Steam. Wolmar. amzn.to/41LLvTz
2. “Locomotion No 1: Museums' row…” BBC. March 5 2021.
3. History of The S&D Railway. Friends of the Stockton and Darlington Railway
4. Holmes 1975, p13 (see2) Stockton and Darlington Railway 1825-1975 by Peter J. Holmes (1975)
5. Britannica. Stockton & Darlington Railway
6. MAAS Museum “Locomotion No. 1, George Stephenson…” 2014. M. Simpson
7. BBC. 2021. “Stockton and Darlington Railway: What's so special…”
8. “First in the world. The Making….” SAIM
9. BBC In Our Time. George and Robert Stephenson. 2020.
10. Mumbles Train. Swansea Museum.
11. “Swansea looks at tram return” BBC. Oct 2004.
12. When did the Merthyr Tramroad become the Penydarren Tramroad? Stephen Rowson, Railway and Canal Historical Group. 2001
13. “The largest ship trackway in ancient…”Walter Wener. 1997. International Journal of NAutical Archaeology.
14. S&DR Myth Busting No. 2. What's in a Name?
15. Edward Pease 1767 - 1858. Science Museum Group
16. Construction to Opening 1822-1825. Sdr1825 dot org. Uk
17. The Railroad Era: First Five Years…Allen 1884, amzn.to/44WW5tk
18. Swim in a Pond in the Rain. George Saunders. 2021. amzn.to/44Vz8H5

00:00-:2:30 Mapping S&D
2:30-5:45 Conflicting Sources?
5:46-7:38 The Quest Begins
7:38-11:23 The L&M and S&D Compared
11:23-16:13 Side Quest Railroads
16:13-20:23 Who Cares About this Quest?

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