Welcome to the Community Page of The S&DR Museum
Please let us know if you have memorabilia connected with the Stockton & Darlington Railway you would like to share with other people. We are particularly interested in the celebrations of 1875, 1925 and 1975. We have started with a few museum objects below and will soon add more objects to this display. Send us a photo of any S&DR objects that you have and some information about your item so we can make it available for others to see. You can enlarge the images below by clicking on them.
Contact: trish.pemberton@btconnect.com or post on our Facebook page.
Blue riband (the old fashioned name for ribbon) made as part of the 1875 celebrations. Belongs to Andrew Stoves. Blue ribbons and sashes were worn on the opening day of 27th September 1825 
Sweet tin with a lid featuring a simplified image of Dobbin’s painting of the Opening of the S&DR. 
2020 version of the 1925 commemorative sweet tin. 
A plate produced for the 1975 celebrations which claims to show Locomotion No.1. It clearly is not Locomotion No.1 
Mug showing Timothy Hackworth with his birth and death dates and the caption “Inventor of the Steam blast pipe. The mug also shows the Shildon coat of arms and the centenary dates. 
This page from an 1875 edition of the Illustrated London News was part of a commemorative edition celebrating 50 years since the opening of the S&DR. The design has been used to create a tea towel in 2020 as a modern souvenir celebrating the S&DR and is available here: 
sample image – donation awaited 
text donation awaited 
text donation awaited 
text donation awaited 
text donation awaited 
text donation awaited
