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It comprised an exhibition of locomotives and rolling stock from 24 to 30 August, followed by a ‘Grand Steam Cavalcade’ of locomotives 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> It also coincided with the opening of the [[National Railway Museum ]] at Leeman Road, York<ref>[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Railway_Museum#Growth_1975%E2%80%932000 National Railway Museum] on Wikipedia</ref>.
==SVR involvement==
In the cavalcade, 600 hauled ex-Metropolitan Railway electric locomotive No. 12 'Sarah Siddons'.<ref name="railcentre">[http://www.railcentre.co.uk/RailHistory/Rail150/Pages/Page2.html Railcentre.co.uk] (Retrieved 17 January 2023)</ref>
Then future (and now former) SVR residents [[MR Midland Compound 1000 | 1000]], [[LMS Stanier Jubilee 45690 Leander | 5690 Leander]] and [[GWR 6960 Raveningham Hall | 6960 Raveningham Hall]] also took part.<ref name="railcentre"/>.
After taking part in Cavalcade, 43106 returned to the Railway "''under its own steam''" with 600 Gordon and the three coaches. 8233 did not return to the SVR until 6 September "''due to circumstances beyond the control of the Severn Valley Railway''", spending a week in the BR diesel depot adjoining the newly opened National Railway Museum at York<ref>SVR News 37, 38</ref>.
===Mainline excursion trains===
As part of the Rail 150 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, The Bristolian-Tynesider, 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><ref>[https://www.sixbellsjunction.co.uk/70s/ht1975.html 'The Railtour Files - 1975', Six Bells Junction website]</ref>.
==See also==
