Wellington Museum Marking 200th Anniversary of Railways with Special Display

Wellington Museum marking 200th anniversary of railways with special display

Wellington Museum marks 200 years since the Stockton to Darlington Railway with a special steam engine display, including a model of the GWR City of Truro.

Kynren marks 200th anniversary of the locomotion with station photo point

Kynren – An Epic Tale of England – is marking the 200th anniversary of Locomotion No. 1’s first journey on the world’s first passenger railway with its own heritage-style station and replica steam engine – the perfect pre-show photo opportunity.

Commemorating 200th anniversary of the railways - Around Wellington

Wellington Local History and Museum Society is commemorating the 200th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton to Darlington Railway, the world’s first passenger rail journey behind a steam engine. The museum’s window display in Fore Street has many railway artefacts including a steam engine and signalling. It also features the Great Western Railway City of Truro which on May 9th, 1904, reached a speed of 102.3 mph while descending from White…