National Railway Museum - Shildon
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A new museum opened in 2004, Locomotion: the NRM at Shildon, County Durham, opened its doors to the public – the first national museum to be built in the North East. This joint venture with the local authority enables more of the NRM’s collections to be housed properly and enjoyed by the public and is helping to develop tourism in Shildon, the birthplace of the modern railway. Grants from the Heritage Lottery Fund and the European Regional Development Fund helped to create this NRM outpost.
| Directions by Road | From junction 58 on the A1(M) take the A68 and the A6072 to Shildon. Locomotion is 1/4 mile southeast of Shildon town centre – follow the brown heritage signs. |
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| Directions by Public Transport | By Train Shildon is served by train services between Darlington and Bishop Auckland. For full train timetable information please use the National Rail website. The museum’s first building, 'Welcome', is located on the corner of Soho Street (follow the brown heritage signs from the main street), this is about 2 minutes walk from the railway station. By Bus There is a 1/2 hourly bus service from Darlington every day in the week, plus Satrudays. On Sunday a hourly service operates. For full bus timetable information please use the Travel Line website. |
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| The are no 12CSVT locomotives currently resident at this site |
Note - Locos that show as resident may be based here but loaned to other sites, click on 'Loco' to view the most recent location
| Loco | Arrived | Departed | Notes |
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| 37003 | 20/12/2007 | 24/02/2009 | Moved to a new base |
| D6700 | 17/04/2009 | 22/04/2009 | Guest Loco |
There are currently no photographs of this locomotive on this site.