FIFTEENTH anniversary celebrations were in full steam for a national railway museum at the weekend.
Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon, marked the milestone with a showcase of steam power, from Saturday to Monday.
A free event, it drew a large number of visitors, both steam enthusiasts and family groups, to the Dale Road Industrial Estate.
Museum-goers were able to take a passenger steam ride on a carriage hauled by guest locomotive Agecroft, built in 1948 by Robert Stephenson and Hawthorn to shunt wagons at a Manchester power station.
There was also a display of road steam engines, including Marshall traction engines, an Armstrong Whitworth engine and a steam roller.
There was also interactive street theatre from The Memory Collectors, information stands, family learning activities and access to cabs of selected locomotives.
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