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Locomotion : a pocketbook celebration of 200 years of modern rail travel Ball games author of The Mercies'A not-to-be-missedAuthor: Alexander, Diana c 1800 to c 1900 Published on 21 August 2025 by Crumps Barn Studio in the United Kingdom. Paperback 108 pages, 12 black and white photographs 169 x 130 x 12 116g On 27 September 1825, the steam engine known as Locomotion No. 1 hauled the first passenger train on the opening day of the Stockton & Darlington Railway paving the way for modern rail travel and reshaping the British landscape for ever. Celebrating 200 years of