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VISITORS and the public are invited to have their say on plans for a new £5.9m collection building at Locomotion in Shildon at a free exhibition being displayed this month. The exhibition will be ...
Shildon Lorry Museum is revving up for its first ... It's another boost for Shildon and a legacy to the nation." Much of the collection is already painstakingly restored, even the office - and ...
National Railway Museum The nearly 200-year-old locomotive arrived wrapped up on the back of a lorry Dr Sarah Price ... vehicles from the national collection at Shildon which is due to open ...
Shildon's Locomotion museum said it had moved 46 vehicles into a new £8m building. The County Durham collection includes steam locomotives, hand-powered track inspection machines, freight wagons ...
New Hall at the Locomotion museum in Shildon, County Durham ... It uses film clips, graphics and its collection of vehicles to explore the area's history. Highlights from the collection include ...
In its collection there are also historic trains which were built at Shildon Works along with the likes of an armoured tank; the oldest oil tanker in the world; two snowploughs and a Bren Gun Carrier.
The work in Shildon town centre will start later this month and is scheduled to be completed for when the Flying Scotsman arrives on July 16. The plans, by Durham Council Council, include ...