The steam locomotive was on a rare excursion around North East England when it pulled up in Hartlepool.The trip was organised by the North Eastern Locomotive Preservation Group (NELPG), which preserves old steam trains, and the charity's bosses say the tour was a huge success.

Each of the 448 £55 seats on the K1 62005 were taken when the train stopped in Hartlepool's Church Street Station at 12.15pm on Saturday.
Peter Robinson, treasurer for the group, said: "It has all gone very well and we have raised some very important funds.

"We have brought a tradition back to the area and took a passenger train along lines that have not been used for that purpose for a very long time."

The key aim of the trip was to raise money so the NELPG, which is made up of volunteers, can continue its restoration work.It costs around £250,000 to restore each train and to do a full overhaul.

The train, which was decommissioned in the late 1960s, started at Newcastle and ran through various locations including Durham, Darlington, Middlesbrough, Newcastle and Sunderland on it's tour of the region.

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