Locomotion No.1: The British Train That Shaped the Future! Guy gets stuck into the oily and clever engineering behind Stephenson’s Locomotion No.1 . He helps build a fully working replica for its 200th anniversary and takes on the challenge of driving it along the original Stockton & Darlington route. This is The British Train That Changed The World – watch now on Channel 4. A proper watch, this. #guymartin #trains | Guy Martin

Locomotion No.1 – 200 Years of Railway History 🚂✨ Two centuries ago, Timothy Hackworth and George Stephenson built something the world had never seen before — a passenger steam railway right here in County Durham. Today, as Locomotion No.1 steams along the same route between Shildon and Newton Aycliffe, we’re not just watching a locomotive at work. We’re celebrating the moment that changed transport forever — the birth of the modern railway. Could Hackworth or Stephenson have imagined that 200