200th anniversary of first steam train to run on public railway
發佈日期: 2025-09-27 21:02
TVB News
Today marks the 200th anniversary of the first steam train to run on a public railway.
It was a milestone which led to rapid changes in the way the world lived and traded.
On September 27, 1825, George Stephenson's Locomotion No. 1 made its 26-mile journey on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in the northeast of England.
A newly restored replica of Locomotion No. 1 recreated the original journey to mark the bicentenary.
Prince Edward from the British royal family was among the passengers on board a carriage pulled by the replica engine.
Soon after the original steam engine's debut, rail enabled the rapid transportation of raw materials and industrial goods.
