The journey, recreating the inaugural trip exactly 200 years earlier on the Stockton & Darlington Railway, had been set in motion at the Locomotion museum by the Duke of Edinburgh on Friday. Crowds at Skerne Bridge. Matthew Pease, wearing cufflinks with a lock of Isaac Pease's hair, as Locomotion No 1 crosses Skerne bridge. “It just felt right to bring them today,” said Matthew, as Locomotion No 1 passed over Skerne bridge – a famous view denied to his ancestors on opening day. “It may not mean much to you now, but it will in 50 years’ time.”And then Locomotion No 1 was gone.