The model represents 'Locomotion' as it appeared at Stockton for the Centenary celebrations in 1925. This model comes fitted with magnetic NEM couplings for easy connections and a Next 18 pin socket, but due to the locomotive's size limitation, sadly it cannot take a HM7000 Next 18 pin decoder. Its importance was recognized at an early stage, and it became one of the first locomotives to be preserved when it was rescued from scrap in 1856 by Joseph Pease and his family. It was steamed again for the S&DR's Golden Jubilee in 1875, but for most of the time between 1892 and 1975, 'Locomotion No. 1' was on static display at Darlington Bank Top station. During 1924, however, it received a full cosmetic restoration in readiness for the centenary celebrations of the S&DR in 1925, and during the ce.
