Steam Locomotives

The National Railway Museum

The steam locomotive was the machine that enabled the Industrial Revolution to advance, moving goods and people around the United Kingdom as never before. Key to its development were Richard Trevithick and the father-and-son team of George and Robert Stephenson. Trevithick was the first to have a steam locomotive pull a train, while George Stephenson designed both locomotives and the routes on which they could run.

2025 (September 25 2025)
Commemorative

Designed by Steers McGillan Eves
Size 60mm (h) x 30mm (v)
Printed by Cartor Security Print
Print Process Lithography
Perforations 14.5 x 14.5
Gum PVA

Stamps

Locomotion No. 1

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Opened the first steam-powered railway, 1825

Rocket

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Won the Rainhill Trials, helping launch the railway age, 1829

City of Truro

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Was unofficially timed at 100mph, 1904

Mallard

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Became the fastest steam locomotive ever, 1938

Duchess of Hamilton

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Attended the New York Worlds Fair, 1939

Evening Star

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Was the last steam locomotive built for British Railways, 1960

Artwork depicting the opening of the S&DR, in 1825

from Miniature Sheet
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A historic image of Locomotion No. 1 at Darlington, circa 1890

from Miniature Sheet
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A commemorative postcard from the S&DR centenary in 1925

from Miniature Sheet
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A photograph of a replica Locomotion No. 1 from 1975

from Miniature Sheet
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Presentation Pack

Cost : £17.90
Pack 671
RM Code AP558

Miniature Sheet Pack

First Day Cover

Cost : £12.90
RM Code AF538

Miniature Sheet FDC
Cost : £8.80
RM Code MF204

Philatelic Numismatic Cover

Cost : £19.99
RM Code AN268

Miniature Sheet

The Stockton and Darlington Railway Company
Cost : £6.80
RM Code MZ214
Designed by Steers McGillan Eves
Printed by Cartor Security Print
Print Process : Lithography
Gum : PVA
Size 192mm (h) x 74mm (v)