00:02memorabilia linked to locomotion number one the first steam locomotive to haul a passenger train
00:07on a public railway is to be sold at auction it was built by robert stevenson and co and first
00:13carried passengers on the stockton and darlington railway in 1825 watched by around 50 000 people
00:20on its maiden journey the locomotive remained in service until 1841. in 1889 it was exhibited in
00:27paris and new name plates were fitted reading number one and 1825. those plates are now being
00:34sold with the lot estimated to go for between 20 and 30 thousand pounds the auction is due to take
00:41place on april the 18th
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