“PUFFING BILLY” RUNS AGAIN
“FLYING SCOTSMAN” BEHIND Australian-N.Z. Cable Assn. LONDON, July 2. The history of railway traction was epitomised at a remarkable centenary pageant this afternoon on the old StocktonDarlington line. Stephenson’s old colliery locomotive “Puffing Billy," , constructed in 1822, .. led a procession six miles in length, followed immediately, in striking contrast, by a modern “Flying Scotsman.” . The most popular feature was the first passenger engine, called “locomotion No. 1,” the driver of which wore a coloured tailcoat and a top hat two feet high, as was the custom when the engine was commissioned in 1825. The Duke of York unveiled a tablet commemorating the hooking of the first passenger in 1825.
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New Zealand Times, Volume LII, Issue 12181, 4 July 1925, Page 4
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