Ghost Train

S&DR200 has commissioned Avanti Display and Walk the Plank will coproduce, with artists Andy Plant, Bryan Tweddle and Chris Squire with two celebratory events to commemorate this remarkable feat of innovation and engineering.

Ghost Train is a two-part outdoor performance taking place in Stockton and Darlington. The procession will begin in Darlington Market Square, where a replica of Locomotion No. 1 will be installed on a large plinth, its cogs and wheels moving as they did 200 years ago.

From 3-5pm, six large-scale structures - each mounted on customised cars - including Locomotion No. 1, will be brought to life, through performance, music, sound and feats of engineering, to showcase some of the most significant inventions of the last 200 years. 

In the early evening, the Locomotion No. 1 will steam into life and lead each of the sculptures on a magical procession of lights and music, through North Lodge Park and to Hopetown Darlington.

Once the procession has arrived at Hopetown, you will be invited to spend a night at the museum. Explore the museum after hours, enjoy food and drink from our wonderful Clocktower Cafe, and even play in a fully illuminated Wagon Woods!

Delivered by Darlington Borough Council, Durham County Council & Stockton Borough Council
Major Funders: TVCA