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The [[Image Collections#David_Cooke_Collection | David Cooke Collection]] includes images of 8233 piloting 43106 on the three coach train [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8374935276/ leaving Kidderminster station] and on the [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8369428331/ mainline].
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[[File:Locomotive Parade, Rainhill 1980 - War Department 2-10-0 - geograph.org.uk - 1587503.jpg | thumb|300px|right|600 Gordon at Rainhill in 1980 (Wikimedia Commons)]]
The '''Rail 150 celebrations''' celebrations took place at the large railway wagon works in Shildon, Co. Durham, in 1975. It was held to mark the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 1825.
It comprised an exhibition of locomotives and rolling stock from 24 to 30 August, followed by a ‘Grand Steam Cavalcade’ on 31 August from Shildon to Heighington.<ref>Stockton & Darlington Railway, 1825: 1975 : Rail 150 Exhibition and Steam Cavalcade : souvenir guide, ISBN : 0950422304</ref>.
Other events included the opening of North Road Station Museum at Darlington and the Timothy Hackworth Museum at Shildon<ref>[https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/17676720.organiser-celebrations-rail-150-dies/ White, Andrew, ‘Organiser of celebrations for Rail 150 dies’, The Northern Echo, 31 May 2019] (Retrieved 17 January 2023)</ref>.
In the summer of 1974 the organisers requested a number of items of SVR rolling stock.<ref>SVR News 32</ref>
On 28 July [[LMR 600 Gordon | 600 Gordon]] travelled light engine from [[Bridgnorth ]] to Urlay Nook near Stockton.<ref>SVR News 36</ref> It was followed on 11 August by [[LMS Stanier 8F 48773 | 8233]] piloting [[LMS Ivatt Class 4 43106 | 43106]] (also in steam), together with carriages [[LMS 26986 Brake Third Corridor|LMS 26986]] and then residents [[Carriages formerly resident on the SVR | 'Clapham' Buffet 9631]] and [[LNER 4236 Gangwayed Passenger Brake | LNER 4236]]. The [[Image Collections#David_Cooke_Collection | David Cooke Collection]] includes images of 8233 piloting 43106 on the three coach train [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8374935276/ leaving Kidderminster station] and on the [https://www.flickr.com/photos/60790501@N04/8369428331/ mainline].
[[GWR 813 Saddle Tank| 813]], which had been cosmetically restored for the event, went by road.
Carriages [[GWR 5883 Brake Third | GWR 5883]] and [[LMS 12992 Corridor Third | LMS 12992]] were also requested but in the event did not take part. Restoration work on 5883 was unfinished, with restoration of 9631 having taken priority.<ref>SVR News 36</ref>
Then future (and now former) SVR residents [[GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall | 6960 Raveningham Hall]] and [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander | 5690 Leander]] also took part.
===Mainline trains===
As part of the Rail 150 Celebrations celebrations steam hauled excursion trains were run from various parts of the country on Sundays in September 1975, with steam haulage between Sheffield and Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Serendipitously, on 14 September [[BR Class 52 D1013 Western Ranger | D1013 Western Ranger]] (still then in BR service) hauled one such train from Bristol Temple Meads to Birmingham New Street and return<ref>[https://features.rcts.org.uk/haulage-highlights/rail-150-cavalcade-1975/ Railway Correspondence and Travel Society] (Retrieved 17 January 2023)</ref>.
==See also==
