The New Hall has opened at Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham, making it Europe’s largest collection of historic rail vehicles. The museum hopes to attract 250,000 visitors a year to its ...

Plans to create an extensive new garden at the Locomotion railway museum in Shildon are steaming ahead ... its new collections building, New Hall, which opened earlier this year.

TODAY marks the 20th anniversary of the official opening of the National Railway Museum’s Shildon branch ... claim to fame is because of the £8m New Hall which opened on May 24 this year.

Rocket will join two other early locomotives, Sans Pareil and Locomotion No ... work has started on a new hall to house 46 vehicles from the national collection at Shildon which is due to open ...

While some Geordies may not even know about the treasure on their doorstep, a small North East museum with big ambitions is on track to raise its profile still further this year as part of a very ...