Date: 25/06/2012

Engines of all shape and sizes let off steam to help celebrate one of the world’s oldest railway lines. Giant traction engines, replica locomotives and tiny model steam trains helped Middleton Railway mark its vital role in Yorkshire’s industrial heritage at the weekend. Hundreds of visitors jumped on board trains and trundled down the tracks driving a replica Steam Elephant the first commercially successful steam locomotive used 200 years ago on Middleton Railway. The innovative system predated Stephenson’s Rocket by 17 years and helped transport coal from Middleton colliery.

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