CORONATION  no.13   (1831 - 1841)
Designed by Mr Timothy Hackworth of Shildon, she was a Majestic class locomotive of
the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the World's first commercial railway to utilise steam engines.
The name "Coronation" celebrated the coronation of King William the Fourth.
Of the six Majestic engines Coronation was the last in service.
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The scratch-built conjectural model in the image is made mainly of Plasticard styrene sheet and includes : 

a Crailcrest CR94 geared-motor; a Massoth firebox light module;

a Velleman MK134 sound module; & Polystyrene gears 30T x 1mod.

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The webmaster was inspired to build the model following the discovery that his
g.g.grandfather William Brown had been driver of Coronation in May, June and July 1837.
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S&DR records at the National Archives show performance figures for Coronation.

From July to November 1833 she led trains which carried almost 100,000 tons of coal from the south Durham coalfield to the coast at Middlesbrough.

The trains were very slow and rolled along at about the same pace as the pack-horses they replaced.
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