Updated 10.30
The Railway 200 exhibition train 'Inspiration' is opening its doors to invited guests from the media today, after leaving Derby yesterday afternoon.
Railnews has published the first pictures of the exterior of the train, which were taken shortly before it left Derby.
It stopped overnight at Toton, and is now at Platform 1 of London Paddington for the media event.
NEW Images of the train at Paddington this morning are here.
Members of the public are not being invited on board today, but tomorrow Inspiration will welcome its first booked guests at Kidderminster on the Severn Valley Railway.
It will remain at Kidderminster until 6 July, and then move on to Birmingham Moor Street, where visits can be booked for dates between 8 and 10 July.
Although the first part of its tour has been announced, most of the stations named so far are in Scotland, the Midlands, the North East and East Anglia. Other dates covering Wales and the West of England are expected to follow.
All visitors to Inspiration, which celebrates 200 years since the Stockton & Darlington Railway first carried passengers on a locomotive-hauled train, must book in advance, although there is no charge for entry. However, the owners of some sites, such as heritage operators, may require their usual entry fees where these apply.
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