The museum has a growing collection of engines from the age of steam, including Timothy Hackworth's original locomotives Sans Pareil, built in 1829, and Francis Trevethick's Cornwall, built in 1847.

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The Mallard, famous for breaking the world speed record for steam traction in 1938, will be pulled by Tornado to the National Railway Museum in Shildon.

BBC: Mallard

The museum in York said an independent report had identified substantial further work including the removal of the boiler and steam cylinders.

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