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National Railway Museum, York
& Locomotion, Shildon
Gladstone on the Turntable
Railfest 2004
A celebration of 200 years since Richard Trevithick's Penydarren locomotive, the worlds first steam railway locomotive. The event featured the first use of the NRM's new 2ft gauge railway with Ffestiniog Railway's Prince and Victorian train, joining a large range of visiting locomotives in the event focused in the South Yard of the NRM.