A Century Of Progress - In Locomotion Orange… 1925

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Item title reads - 1825 - 1925. A century of progress in Locomotion. Look back a 100 years and see the first railway engine used on the Stockton-Darlington - the first railway line in the world. Darlington, Durham.

C/U of the sign on the old engine which says '1. Locomotion 1825.' The engine...

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Cataloguer:
Emma
Stock:
Black & White
Sound:
Silent
Media URN:
25056
Sort Number:
G 1180
Time in/Out:
01:17:23:00 / 01:19:40:00
Canister:
G 1180
Film ID:
388.12
Issue Date:
13/04/1925

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