'Billy' - built in Newcastle around 1816 by Robert Stephenson & Company and before the more famous Rocket - is the third oldest surviving locomotive in the world. It worked on the Springwell & Jarrow line, which brought coal to the Tyne from collieries south of Gateshead. Designed by George Stephenson, this was one of the most innovative transport systems of its day.

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