ONE of the world's oldest locomotives will arrive at a railway museum next month.
The Blue Circle locomotive will be giving rides to passengers at Locomotion: the National Railway Museum, in Shildon, where visitors will get the chance to see it in steam.
The locomotive is one of the most unusual engines in the world and can most frequently be seen on the Chinnor and Princes Risborough Railway, near Oxford, where it is now based.
Private owner Mick Smith purchased it from the Bluebell Railway, in Sussex, four years ago and has loaned it to Locomotion for the spring.
The 80-year-old locomotive was made to an 1875 design by Aveling and Porter, who also made traction engines and steam rollers.
It worked at the Blue Circle cement works in Snodland, Kent, and was preserved in 1963 at the Bluebell Railway.
It will be at the museum on Saturday, April 1, and Sunday, April 2. Steaming tickets will be 50p for adults, 25p for children and free for OAPs and under-fives.
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