Locomotion Railway Museum, England
This afternoon, I am reprising a one-day section of an extended tour focused on steam trains. First, we departed our lodgings in Porthmadog , Wales and drove east, across mountainous, heather clad scenery, landscapes populated by sheep and small farms and then into industrial north-western England. Unfortunately, we were delayed by about 45 mins due to an accident on the motorway but eventually reached our destination of Locomotion Railway Museum a little late at about 3.00pm. Part of the group were deposited at Locomotion whilst others spent time exploring Bishop Auckland , a nearby country town with a long history. The museum is sited near Timothy Hackworth's Soho Works on the world's first public railway, the Stockton and Darlingtom Railway (opened on 27 September 1825 with a train hauled by Locomotion No 1 which took 2 hours to complete the 12-mile (19 km) journey from Shildon to Darlington ). The town was to become a major centre for British rai...