Watch List notes:

Commemorative Medals, Railways: George Stephenson (1781-1848), Opening of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway, white metal medal, 1830, by T Halliday, head to left, rev. viaduct with engine and two tenders pulling six carriages, one carrying passengers, 46.5mm (BHM 1459; Eimer 1224; Moyaux 3; cf Swan 42-3); Opening of the Grand Junction Railway, white metal medal, 1837, by T. Halliday, trains at both ends of a viaduct in a rural landscape, rev. façad, e of the railway station at Liverpool, 55mm (BHM 1788; Moyaux 11; JT 113b; cf. Swan 31-2), first very fine, second nearly extremely fine, rare; and a Thames Tunnel medal, 1843, extremely fine(3)
Stephenson was the surveyor and later engineer for the Liverpool and Manchester Railway. The reverse depicts the bridge at Newton over the Sankey Canal. The Grand Junction Railway linked Liverpool, Manchester and Birmingham and, in time, helped to ensure the commercial successes of each city.
(120-160)