2025 is being celebrated as the 200th anniversary of the birth of the passenger railway. A bit premature, although there was a one-off excursion on the Stockton and Darlington railway, with passengers traveling on coal wagons, the regular passenger service from 1825-1830 used horse-drawn coaches.
In 1830, the Liverpool Manchester railway opened, the first connecting 2 cities and the first scheduled passenger service.
Stockton and Darlington Railway - Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stockton_and_Darlington_Railway
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Family history and railways:
A great great grandfather was an engine cleaner, then a fireman (stoker).
A great great great grandfather claimed insurance after a railway accident.
A great uncle was an engine driver.
A daughter worked 10 years at Victoria station.
Probably more too.
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@markhburton That's great!
My great-great grandfather and great-grandfather worked on a railroad running between Prescott and Ottawa (Ontario, Canada). My grandfather worked in a lumber mill beside the railroad in Prescott, and presumably helped unload lumber when it arrived by rail. My father was one of the local dignitaries on the train that cut the ribbon for the new train station in Kingston, ON in the 1970s. But that's about it for my family (as far as rail-employment history goes).
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The railway is such a part of so many lives!
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