The London and Birmingham Railway (L&BR) was a railway company in the United Kingdom, in operation from 1833 to 1846, when it became part of the London and North Western Railway (L&NWR).
Making the embankment - Wolverton Valley (Great Ouse), 28 June 1837.
Plaque at Curzon Street station commemorating the arrival of the first train from London to Birmingham
Camden Town stationary steam engine chimneys and locomotive workshops in 1838.
Robert Stephenson
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Robert Stephenson, DCL was an English civil engineer and designer of locomotives. The only son of George Stephenson, the "Father of Railways", he built on the achievements of his father. Robert has been called the greatest engineer of the 19th century. Stephenson's death was widely mourned, and his funeral afforded marks of public honour. He is buried in Westminster Abbey.
Dial Cottage, Killingworth, where Stephenson grew up. The sundial installed by Stephenson and his father can be seen above the front door.
The opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825
Stephenson's cottage at Santa Ana