Exploring Locomotion No 1's INTRIGUING Engineering Details | Curator with a Camera Extra

Locomotion No 1 is a very interesting locomotive indeed. Its story only gets more curious the deeper you dig.

Thanks to a report created by Dr Michael Bailey and Peter Davidson, new light has been shed on Locomotion as it stands today—and how this relates to its original specification in 1825.

In this episode, Anthony Coulls is joined by Dr Bailey to discuss a key findings from the report.

This episode of Curator with a Camera was filmed at Locomotion in Shildon. To find out more about Locomotion, visit: https://www.locomotion.org.uk

For the National Railway Museum in York, head to: https://www.railwaymuseum.org.uk

Chapters:
00:00 Introduction
00:41 The first locomotive as a historic artefact
01:50 'A load of knitting needles'
03:45 Two chimneys! 'A very odd looking machine'
05:17 The nameplate mystery
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