Plaque, first passenger train drawn by a steam engine
- Made:
- 1840
Brass plaque, engraved, 'From Shildon near this site, the Stockton & Darlington Railway Company, on the 27th September 1825, ran the first passenger train drawn by a steam engine'.
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Details
- Category:
- Railway Infrastructure
- Object Number:
- 1985-8516
- type:
- plaque
- taxonomy:
-
- credit:
- BREL (Shildon)
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