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Steam Elephant at the Pockerley Waggonway, Beamish museum
Beamish has its own railway, the Pockerley Waggonway, comprising an engine shed from 1825 and a short length of track. Two replica steam locomotives run on the railway, one of George Stephenson's Locomotion No 1 of 1825 and one of William Chapman's The Steam Elephant of 1815. The original Locomotion No 1 headed the first public, passenger-carrying, steam train in the world — on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in 1825. Visitors to the museum can ride in the unsprung carriages.
Museums - History, Land - Rail Links: en.wikipedia.org
By: kjfitz
