The Railway Men. A song by Eric Langford YouTube video by David Rae

The Railwaymen, a delightful song about the S&DR by Eric Langford.
youtu.be/S3lAeWmIxr4?...

We are pleased to welcome Jim Rees to the Friends of the Stockton & Darlington Railway team today. Jim will be working as part of an NLHF funded project to look at long term planning for the Friends and our management of the S&DR as a heritage asset beyond 2025.

Thank you very much, if you haven't seen Iron & Steam, Lonely Tower Film & Media's amazing documentary about the S&DR you're missing a treat! We are very proud to have been part of it. If you're an Amazon Prime member it's currently available on Prime Video

Save Heighington Station, The World's Oldest Railway Station The world’s first railway station is now at considerable risk and urgently requires rescuing before 2025 when it will be the 200th anniversary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway. Despite repeated va...

Thank you for highlighting the station's plight, we're leading the campaign to purchase and restore the building. Our just giving page is here if you'd like some more information about the campaign: bit.ly/4ewIIUy

Very grateful to Margaret Taylor & grandson David for their time & enthusiasm yesterday. We're working with songwriter
Sam Slatcher to capture stories from the
Bishop Line between Bishop Auckland & Saltburn. Margaret worked at Heighington station in the 60s... where love blossomed... #Railways

Historic England at risk sites revealed Seven sites in the North East and Cumbria are added to Historic England's at risk list.

Heighington Station, built in 1826-7 and likely the oldest railway station in the world has been added to the Historic England Heritage at Risk Register today with resulting national press interest.

To help save the building donate here: bit.ly/4ewIIUy

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

North-east writers! @tracksdarlington.bsky.social are running a competition for short stories, poems and memoirs connected to trains and railways. It's to celebrate the 200th anniversary of the Stockton-Darlington railway, and you can find out more here...
www.tracksdarlington.co.uk/wot-home

Hello #bluesky! We're new so we thought we'd tell you a bit about ourselves:
We're a registered charity set up in 2013 www.sdr1825.org.uk
We're proud partners of the S&DR 200 Festival #SDR200 www.sdr200.co.uk
Most importantly guardians of the internationally important Stockton & Darlington Railway