Pre-orders have opened on a new pictorial celebration of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in its Bicentenary year. This lavishly illustrated hardback book, with photographs by Darlington based photographer Peter Giroux, will feature stunning imagery of the remaining features of the Stockton & Darlington Railway providing a unique record of the S&DR in its bicentenary year. With text by author and archaeologist Caroline Hardie who has spent over a decade researching the railway and cataloguing the surviving historical landscape, this beautifully presented work will surely be a treasured work for years to come. If funds permit there will also be poetic contributions from regional poets, soundscapes accessed by QR codes, historic imagery and additional photographic contributions from various Friends of the S&DR to help further bring the book to life.

Strictly a limited run of only 1000 copies, the book will be funded through pre-orders and subscriptions. Within this already limited edition run of 1000 will be 300 subscriber copies that will be individually numbered and signed by the authors. Your name will be recorded in the list of subscribers printed within all copies of the book, or alternatively you can have the book dedicated in memory of a friend or family member with their name recorded on a special “in memoriam” page, providing a lasting tribute to their love of the Stockton & Darlington Railway and it’s wonderful location.

The book is available to pre-order at this link now for £35 plus £4.10 p&p Pre-Order The Stockton & Darlington Railway 1825-2025. Illustrated limited edition hardback coffee table book. – Friends S&DR (sdr1825.org.uk). If we fail to raise enough money for the printing of the book you will be informed and receive a full refund of your purchase and postage costs.