Overview

• The newly restored replica will operate on sections of the original line from Friday to Sunday in County Durham.
• The locomotive completed a test run at the Locomotion museum in Shildon on Thursday ahead of public journeys.
• Network Rail’s operations director Karen Duffy warned that trespassing on tracks poses significant danger and asked spectators to use official viewing points.
• Friday’s leg is due to leave Shildon at 11:45am, pass Heighington at 12:22pm, and arrive at Darlington’s North Road at 1pm, with thousands expected to watch.
• S&DR200 events feature viewings of the original Locomotion No. 1, an exhibition train on 200 years of railway innovation, and live music, with museum head Sarah Price noting strong local excitement and the replica’s close fidelity to the original.