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The 29 greatest rail journeys you can take in Britain - by the expert who's travelled 4,000 miles around the country

It's 200 years since George Stephenson climbed into the cab of the aptly named Locomotion No. 1 and took 600 passengers on a 26-mile trip on the Stockton & Darlington Railway.