Daimler buses together…
This morning Rotherham 220 and Darlington 4 were posed in the Town street for photographs to be taken for future publicity material use. This obviously won’t be their long-term haunt (as they will work through the 1950s area on their circuit around the museum), but it makes an attractive backdrop. David Watchman, from the Communications team, took these views and I thought that they would be of interest to blog readers…
is a replica of an original locomotive which was designed by George Stephenson and built in 1825 for the Stockton and Darlington Railway, which made it the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line. The Beamish replica was completed in 1975 for the 1h anniversary of the S DR. The original survives as a static exhibit, having eventually become part of the National Collection held by the National Railway Museum, who have placed it on long term loan to Head of Steam (a museum on the route of the S DR).