Locomotives of the Stockton and Darlington Railway


The Stockton and Darlington Railway was a railway company that operated in north-east England from 1825 to 1863. The world's first public railway to use steam locomotives, its first line connected collieries near Shildon with Stockton-on-Tees and Darlington, and was officially opened on 27 September 1825. The movement of coal to ships rapidly became a lucrative business, and the line was soon extended to a new port and town at Middlesbrough. While coal waggons were hauled by steam locomotives from the start, passengers were carried in coaches drawn by horses until carriages hauled by steam locomotives were introduced in 1833.
The S&DR was involved in the building of the East Coast Main Line between York and Darlington, but its main expansion was at Middlesbrough Docks and west into Weardale and east to Redcar. It suffered severe financial difficulties at the end of the 1840s and was nearly taken over by the York, Newcastle and Berwick Railway, before the discovery of iron ore in Cleveland and the subsequent increase in revenue meant it could pay its debts. At the beginning of the 1860s it took over railways that had crossed the Pennines to join the West Coast Main Line at and Clifton, near.
The company was taken over by the North Eastern Railway in 1863, transferring of line and about 160 locomotives, but continued to operate independently as the Darlington Section until 1876. The opening of the S&DR was seen as proof of the effectiveness of steam railways and its anniversary was celebrated in 1875, 1925 and 1975. Much of the original route is now served by the Tees Valley Line, operated by Northern.
Locomotives were sometimes renumbered, and the old numbers re-used for new locomotives. The following list does not include all renumberings.
NumberNameWheelsDesignerBuilderDate introducedComments
1Active, later Locomotion No. 10-4-0G & R StephensonRobert Stephenson1825 Preserved at Darlington
2Hope0-4-0G & R StephensonRobert Stephenson1825
3Black Diamond0-4-0G & R StephensonRobert Stephenson1826
4Diligence0-4-0G & R StephensonRobert Stephenson1826
5Stockton, nicknamed Chittaprat??Robert Wilson and Co1826
5Royal George 0-6-0Timothy Hackworth?1827
6Experiment0-4-0G & R StephensonRobert Stephenson1826
7Rocket0-6-0Robert Stephenson?Robert Stephenson?1829
8Victory0-6-0Timothy HackworthShildon railway works1829
8Leader0-6-0Timothy HackworthSoho Works, Shildon1842
9Globe0-4-0Timothy Hackworth?Robert Stephenson??
10Planet2-2-0Robert StephensonRobert Stephenson1830
11North Star2-2-0Robert StephensonRobert Stephenson1830/31
12Majestic0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
12Briton0-6-0Timothy HackworthShildon railway works1837
12Trader 0-6-0Timothy HackworthSoho Works, Shildon1842
13Coronation0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
14William IV0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
15Northumbrian0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
16Director0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
17Lord Brougham0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
18Shildon0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
19Darlington0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
20Adelaide0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
21Earl Grey0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
22Lord Durham0-6-0Timothy HackworthStephenson/Hawthorn1831/32
23Wilberforce0-6-0Timothy HackworthHawthorn1833
24Magnet0-6-0Timothy HackworthSoho Works, Shildon1835The first locomotive built at Soho.
25Enterprise0-6-0Timothy HackworthWilliam and Alfred Kitching1835
25Derwent0-6-0Timothy HackworthWilliam and Alfred Kitching1845 Preserved at Darlington
26Arrow2-2-2Timothy HackworthSoho Works, Shildon1837
27Swift0-4-0HawthornHawthorn1836
28 Sunbeam2-2-0HawthornHawthorn1837
29 Queen0-4-0KitchingKitching1837
30 Raby Castle2-2-2KitchingKitching1839
31Redcar0-6-0Hackworth/BouchShildon railway works1845
32Eldon0-6-0Hackworth/BouchShildon railway works1846
33Shildon0-6-0Hackworth/BouchShildon railway works1846
34Driver0-6-0Hackworth/BouchShildon railway works1846
35Commerce0-6-0William BouchShildon railway works1847
36Guisbro0-6-0William BouchShildon railway works1847
37Gem0-6-0William BouchShildon railway works1847
38Rokeby2-4-0William BouchShildon railway works1847
39Ruby2-4-0William BouchShildon railway works1847
40Queenformerly no.29KitchingKitching1837
41Dart0-4-0Timothy HackworthSoho Works, Shildon1839
42London0-4-0J Hague?J. Hague?1839
43Sunbeamformerly no.28HawthornHawthorn1837
44Sun2-2-0Edward BuryWilliam Fairbairn1844
45Gannymede0-4-0Edward BuryWilliam Fairbairn1844
46Antelope2-2-0Edward BuryEdward Bury1844
47Unicorn2-2-0Edward BuryEdward Bury1844
48Active0-4-2KitchingKitching1844
49Raby Castleformerly no.30KitchingKitching1839
50Meteor2-2-2William BouchShildon Works1842
51Arrowformerly no.26Timothy HackworthSoho Works, Shildon1837
52Comet2-2-2KirtleyKirtley 1840/41
53Manchester2-2-2Sharp, Roberts and Co.Sharp, Roberts and Co.1840
54Tyneside2-2-2Robert StephensonRobert Stephenson1842
55Wolsingham0-4-2William and Alfred KitchingWilliam and Alfred Kitching1847
60Cleveland0-6-0J. GrahamGilkes Wilson and Company1848
61Star0-6-0J. GrahamGilkes Wilson and Company1849
62Southend0-6-0J. GrahamGilkes Wilson and Company1849
63Birkbeck0-6-0W. BouchShildon railway works1849
64Larchfield0-6-0W. BouchShildon railway works1849
65Newmarket or Stephenson2-4-0Robert Stephenson?Gilkes Wilson and Company1850?
66Priam2-4-0Robert Stephenson?Gilkes Wilson and Company1847
67Orion2-4-0Robert Stephenson?Gilkes Wilson and Company1848
68Brunswick2-4-0Robert Stephenson?Gilkes Wilson and Company1850
69Clarendon2-4-0Robert Stephenson?Gilkes Wilson and Company1850
70Alarm2-4-0Robert Stephenson?Gilkes Wilson and Company1851
71Hackworth2-4-0?Alfred Kitching1851
Albert0-6-0?Gilkes, Wilson1854
99Ayton2-4-0Alfred KitchingGilkes Wilson1855
116Lartington2-4-0Alfred KitchingGilkes Wilson1856
117Nunthorpe2-4-0Alfred KitchingGilkes Wilson1856
118Elmfield2-4-0Alfred KitchingKitching & Co1857
160Brougham4-4-0William BouchRobert Stephenson1860
161Lowther4-4-0William BouchRobert Stephenson1860
162Saltburn4-4-0William BouchRobert Stephenson1862
163Morecambe4-4-0William BouchRobert Stephenson1862
164Belfast4-4-0William BouchRobert Stephenson1862
165Keswick4-4-0William BouchRobert Stephenson1862

Disposal

When the North Eastern Railway took over the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1863, the SDR stock included 157 locomotives. The SDR locomotives were administered by a separate committee until 1873. The SDR locomotives were renumbered in 1873, mostly by the addition of 1000. In September 1875 there were still 55 SDR locomotives in existence.