Rail 150 Cavalcade Shildon Co. Durham 31st August 1975

Photo by Neil Smedley posted with permission. More of Neil's photos here www.flickr.com/groups/14774027@N21/

The celebration of 150 years of UK railways since the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway took place at Shildon which was the terminus of the S&DR when it opened in 1825.

The highlight of the 7 day exhibition was a Grand Steam Cavalcade of locomotives which also included an HST and an LT electric loco. The first loco in the cavalcade was the working replica of SDR Locomotion No.1 with its bright yellow clad crew pass the viewing stands. It was pulling a chauldron wagon and S&DR coach No. 1.

In fact the stands were on the wrong side for photography with respect to the sun and that fencing didn’t help the composition either!

Taken in: UK / England / Shildon / New Shildon (show map)

Taken on: May 3, 2021

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