Weatherday: The iron way

Another cold but bright sunny start to the day. Mostly bright through, with cloud moving in from teatime.

Southerly breezes light. Highest temperatures expected to reach 12deg locally. Monday outlook wet.

On this day in 1825, George Stephenson's 'Locomotion No. 1' became the 1st steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public rail line, the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England.

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