Today it is a ‘smidgen’ of its former glory but a new museum gives recognition to the significance of Shildon in railway history and of railways to the Shildon community. Locomotion, which opened in September 2004, is an £11 million project, funded through a variety of sources, and is a joint venture between Sedgefield Borough Council and the National Railway Museum at York. The development combines the refurbished buildings of the former Timothy Hackworth Museum and also brings back into use two further buildings of historical importance in Shildon's railway heritage.
A brand new collections centre is home to over 60 vehicles from the national railway collection and the historic buildings and workshop on site offer the exciting opportunity to discover the significance of Shildon in railway history.
The cache itself is placed along the original Stockton to Darlington Railway line which now forms part of the walkway of the new museum.
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