| |  | George Stephenson was an English mechanical engineer who designed the famous and historically important steam locomotive named "Rocket" and is... |  | Christian Wolmar is a British journalist and author, best known for his books and commentary on transport, especially on Britain's railway network.... |  | Edward Pease (31 May 1767 - 31 July 1858) was an English railway owner. Pease was born in Darlington, a member of the locally prominent Pease... |  | George Hudson (probably March 10, 1800 - December 14, 1871), English railway financier, known as the "Railway King", was born in Howsham, in the... |  | John Axon GC (4 December 1900 - 9 February 1957) was an English engine driver from Stockport (Edgeley Depot) who died while trying to stop a... |  | William James (13 June 1771 - 10 March 1837) was a land agent and surveyor who in 1821 made the original survey for the pioneering Liverpool and... |  | Jimmy Knapp (born 1940, died 13 August 2001) was a prominent British trade unionist and, successively, General Secretary of the National Union of... | |
