Three-year-old Andrew Francis and his father admire a model locomotive at the Wantage Museum railway exhibition. – Vintage Photograph

On September 28th, 1978, three-year-old Andrew Francis and his father visited the Wantage Museum railway exhibition. The exhibition, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway and the opening of the National Railway Museum in York, featured a model of the first train of the Stockton and Darlington railway in 1825, a stand devoted to the steam locomotive and its pioneers, a model of a broad-gauge train crossing a Brunel timber viaduct, and models of complete trains in their 20th century heyday.On September 28th, 1978, three-year-old Andrew Francis and his father visited the Wantage Museum railway exhibition. The exhibition, coinciding with the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway and the opening of the National Railway Museum in York, featured a model of the first train of the Stockton and Darlington railway in 1825, a stand devoted to the steam locomotive and its pioneers, a model of a broad-gauge train crossing a Brunel timber viaduct, and models of complete trains in their 20th century heyday.

Dimensions: 14.3 x 21 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-NQOX-04873751

IMPORTANT! WHEN BUYING PHOTOS FROM US:
All the original vintage images are sold without watermarks.
All our press photos are LIMITED ARCHIVE ORIGINALS – they are not reprints or digital prints produced by us. We sell them in the same conditions they were given to us by the archives.
SEE the BACKSIDE OF the PHOTO – many times the image for sale will present stamps, dates and other publication details – these marks attest and increase the value of the press photos.
Since the photos are old press photograps they may have scratches, lines or other wears of time, which just underlines the authenticity and age of the photos.
What you will buy from us has a true historical value and authenticity. All these old photos have a story to tell and come from reliable sources.
In the past, the photos were often parts of series or were mass produced by the archives. Nowadays, their number is decimed – many were destroyed by time, use or natural disasters. Few were preserved and are nowadays carefully stored in our archives.

OCR computer generated text:

TAE Sil 1 0029-

————-

Om (Memory Love) 6/10/14 Thre-year-old Andrew Francis And his father gaze in fascination at one of the model locomotives in the railway exhibi- tion at present on display at Wantage Museum. The exhibition coincides with the 150th anniversary of the opening of the Stockton and Darlington railway, and als with the opeining of the National Railway Museum at York. The exhibition features a model of the first train of he Stockton and Darlington railway in 1825; a stand devoted to the steam locomotive and its pioneers; a model showing abroad-gauge train cros- Steam days remembered sing a Brunel timber viaduct, and models of complete trains in their 20th century heyday. The exhibition is open on Wednesdays, 2 p.m. – 5 p.m., and Saturdays 10 – 12.30 p.m. and 2 p.m. until 5 p.m. until October 15. Admission is free. 28 SEP 1978