HAPPY BIRTHDAY LOCOMOTION! Locomotion No. 1 was the first steam locomotive to carry passengers on a public railway line, marking a historic turning point in transportation history. Built in 1825, its inaugural journey on the Stockton and Darlington Railway in England is widely regarded as the birth of the modern railway. This Month Locomotion 1 TURNS 200! Years old HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE RAILWAYS! It's a very big time 200 years since Locomotion made her first run. A Centennial once a hundred years