Track the story of train travel

All aboard to explore the fascinating past of the railways.

Next year it will be 200 years since the world’s first passenger train travelled along the Stockton and Darlington Railway, England, in 1825. It was pulled by Locomotion No.1, an engine designed by English engineer George Stephenson. The train carried 450 people, and 40,000 people gathered to watch the spectacle. It left from Shildon, in County Durham, England – the first place in the world to see a steam locomotive pull a train of passengers. It’s hard to imagine now, but the railways designed and built in Britain changed transport and travel across the world by making it easier and cheaper to transport people and goods. Today, Shildon is home to Locomotion, a railway museum that has recently had a makeover. It has just opened a new display, called New…

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