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 ...

New Hall at the Locomotion museum in Shildon, County Durham, has opened to showcase the important role north-east England played in the creation of the railway. The new £8m building houses 47 of ...

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 ...

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.

The museum is also built close to the site of Shildon Works – once ... Engineering and Durham County Council. New Hall effectively doubles the size of Locomotion and gives us much needed covered ...

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 ...