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	Timothy Hackworth Victorian & Railway Museum-Rail 150 Steam Cavalcade
		In 1975, Shildon was one of the largest railway wagon works in Europe, a long way from that small beginning in 1825.
		As a result of easier and cheaper transport, traffic boomed, and over the first few years of the railways existence, one of the main problems was coping with the management of this new sort of enterprise.
		The original "Locomotion", could not be made to work again without extensive rebuilding which would have destroyed its authenticity as an historical museum item.
	www.railcentre.co.uk /museum/rail150.htm (265 words)

	4 Shildon www.4Shildon.co.uk a community site for durham city with history, business, tourism & entertainment. A ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Shildon is a town steeped in history, the history of the railways began not in Darlington but in the town of Shildon.
		Shildon was where George Stephenson set out on the 26th of September 1825, with Locomotion Number One, on the historic journey to Darlington.
		Shildon was the Western terminus for locomotives on the Stockton and Darlington railway, so in effect was the true birth place of the railways.
	www.4durhamcounty.co.uk /4Shildon/index.html (375 words)

	Shildon - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shildon is a town in County Durham, in England.
		Shildon and the Locomotion Museum are served by Shildon railway station, which is on the Tees Valley Line.
		Shildon was the birthplace of the writer, Sid Chaplin for whom the local library was named.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shildon (307 words)

	About Shildon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The Weardale and Shildon Water Company commenced a domestic water supply in 1871 and Electric lighting was introduced in 1902.
		Shildon, more famous for its steam locomotives, had an electric railway from 1920 until 1935 extending to Simpasture initially and was worked by a fleet of Sentinel electric locomotives, which were garaged in the Shildon wagon works.
		Shildon wagon works, or BREL as it was known finally closed its doors in 1983.
	www.shildon.org.uk /about.htm (461 words)

	NRM \| Collections \| Locomotion
		Locomotion is the first national museum to be built in the North East.
		Locomotion is on the site where the first passenger train started its journey in 1825 and where the first railway town, Shildon, grew up.
		Shildon was selected by the National Railway Museum as a site to house the reserve collection of railway vehicles and establish a National Rail Collections Centre.
	www.nrm.org.uk /collections/locomotion.asp (152 words)

	Shildon
		About half the size of the York rail museum 25,000 visitors have already called in at Shildon in the last month!!!!......almost half of the expected amount in a year.Everyone concerned is delighted with todays opening and the prospect of lots more visitors to Shildon in the future.
		Reluctantly Hackworth agreed, and thus supervised the construction of the first locomotives at this works: it was Hackworth who suggested coupling the wheels of S and D locomotives No 1 Locomotion and its three successors with outside rods and return cranks instead of chains.
		Residents of Shildon were bursting with pride as thousands of visitors flocked to their hometown to witness the start of a new era.
	shildonlynn.tripod.com /id23.html (2614 words)

	Welcome to: Shildon Town Council Website.
		Locomotion - National Railway Museum opened in Shildon in September 2004 and links with the existing Timothy Hackworth Museum.
		The new Museum houses in excess of 60 exhibits and for the first three years admission will be free.
		The nearest ‘big town’ to Shildon and a major industrial centre but with pleasant facets to its nature that include a fine shopping centre and market; beautiful parish church and some of the most colourful and well cared for parks in the County.
	www.shildon.gov.uk /tourism.htm (736 words)

	Future Plans
		NMSI is the National Museum of Science and Industry which comprises: the Science Museum in London and Wroughton, near Swindon; the National Railway Museum in York and Shildon, County Durham; and the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford.
		Shildon plays host to "Locomotion" a National Rail Collections Centre which houses, conserves and provides public access to the NRM's reserve collection.
		NMSI Wroughton is currently a museum store serving the conservation, object storage and transportation needs of many museums.
	www.sciencemuseum.org.uk /wroughton/futureplans.asp (1945 words)

	NETPark - National railway museum opens in County Durham
		The museum is situated in Shildon and comprises the Timothy Hackworth Museum and a new building that will house 60 vehicles from the National Collection.
		By producing a museum of national importance, Locomotion aims to "assist to diversify the local economy and create jobs" throughout the region.
		Shildon itself is one of the oldest railway towns.
	www.uknetpark.net /main/s234/st59167htm (199 words)

	Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon is shortlisted for Britain's biggest arts prize - Business News - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		We are delighted to tell you that Locomotion, National Railway Museum at Shildon Co. Durham, has been short-listed for The Gulbenkian Prize for Museum of the Year.
		A single award of £100,000 will be presented to a museum or gallery, large or small, anywhere in the UK, whose entry, in the opinion of the judges, best demonstrates a track record of imagination, innovation and excellence through work mainly undertaken during the calendar year 2004.
		If Locomotion won the prize money, it would be ploughed straight back into the museum, thus enriching the experience that visitors to Locomotion can expect and having a positive effect on the economy of the region.
	www.bishopaucklandtown.org /newsitem.asp?id=50 (388 words)

	Locomotion
		Chaldron" (a measure of coal) wagons and a coach for the Directors from Shildon to Stockton at speeds of around 12-15 m.p.h.
		"Locomotion No. 1" suffered from a broken wheel soon after it entered service and an exploded boiler in 1828, killed the driver.
		The explosion resulted in a complete overhaul at Shildon works, this allowed the loco to remain in service until 1841, when it was bought by Joseph Pease and Partners Limited for use as a pumping engine.
	www.drcm.org.uk /Content/Collections/Locomotion.htm (208 words)

	Hotels in Shildon Durham accommodation - Shildon hotels accommodation in Durham UK
		From Shildon you are well placed to explore Tyne and Wear, Northumberland and Durham with their coastal fortresses, magnificent cities, forests and valleys, pretty villages, wide empty beaches and the evocative ruins of Hadrian's Wall.
		Shildon is a small town in south west Durham.
		Locomotion: the National Railway Museum at Shildon, Shildon Tel: 01388 777999 Locomotion is an £11 million project, a joint venture between Sedgefield Borough Council and the National Railway Museum at York.
	www.kayukay.co.uk /shildonhotels.html (746 words)

	Locomotion
		The NRM annexe at Shildon - "Locomotion" - is a development I'd been aware of for a little while.
		It was built with a two-fold purpose - to extend the museum based around the remains of the historic Shildon works (parts of which date back to the earliest days of steam railways) and to provide decent accommodation for some of the NRM's "overspill".
		I did wonder whether "Locomotion" is a misnomer - given that both the original (1830) and replica (1980) "Sans Pareil" are both present, and the slightly better-known "Locomotion" is not (although both original and replica are in the same county) perhaps "Sans Pareil" might be a more appropriate name...
	www.geoffspages.co.uk /raildiary/shildon/index.htm (511 words)

	Home ¦ Locomotion Wins Dibner Award : NEMLAC
		The Dibner Award was established in 1985 to recognize excellence in museums or exhibits that interpret the history of technology, industry, and engineering to the general public.
		Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon seeks to recognize this contribution and with over 215,000 visitors on its first birthday a few weeks ago, has exceeded all hopes and expectations.
		The Dibner Award for Excellence in Museum Exhibits was established in 1985 through the generosity of the late Bern Dibner and the Charles Edison Fund.
	www.nemlac.co.uk /nemlac/page.php3?393 (281 words)

	This is The North East \| CommuniGate \| 1820's Boom Town (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		New Shildon, the 1820’s Boom Town — with railways and pits being the main employers, people flocked to Shildon from all over the country and from Ireland seeking employment, as word spread about the prospects open to those keen to work.
		Housing in New Shildon was poor, conditions cramped and the social problems associated with poverty and overcrowding soon emerged.
		Locomotion, Shildon's new extension to the Timothy Hackworth Museum opened its doors to the public on Saturday September 25th 2004.
	www.communigate.co.uk /ne/theshildonrecallsociety/page4.phtml (456 words)

	Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Locomotion is 1/4 mile south east of Shildon town centre.
		Walking around the museum site – the museum is a large partially open-air site containing several buildings and three car parks (1 disabled car park).
		Address: Locomotion: the National Railway Museum at Shildon, Shildon, County Durham, DL4 1PQ.
	www.sedgefield.gov.uk /locomotion/how_to_get_here.htm (185 words)

	The Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries
		Locomotion, the first national museum in the North East of England, is a new £11 million development which opened to the public in September 2004.
		Incorporating the existing Timothy Hackworth Museum at Shildon and built on the site of disused industrial railway sidings, the museum's highlights include the original Sans Pareil, the ground-breaking Advanced Passenger Train Experimental, and a magnificent NER Snow Plough, housed in the Collection building, a showcase for sustainability.
		It truly brings the heritage of the North East alive; the sense of local enthusiasm and pride in Locomotion is tangible with locals, as well as visitors from afar, using the museum regularly.
	www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk /2005/finalist4.htm (557 words)

	Shildon event listings, tourist guides and what's on locally (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		New attraction planned to open September 2004 - the first ever out-station for the National Railway Museum and the region´s first branch of a national museum.
		It will feature a revamped Timothy Hackworth Museum together with a new 6,000 square metre single storey collections centre housing NRM vehicles.
		The museum is situated in the former home of Timothy Hackworth, "Soho House", or "Soho Cottage", which was the preferred name of the Hackworth family.
	www.britevents.com /events.asp?city=shildon (172 words)

	Re-appointment of Richard Haythornthwaite to National Museum of Science and Industry
		NMSI is the world's pre-eminent museum group holding the national collections of science, technology, medicine, transport and media.
		It operates three of the top museums in the United Kingdom: the Science Museum in London, the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford, and the National Railway Museum in York.
		A fourth museum, Locomotion, was opened at Shildon, County Durham by the Prime Minister in October 2004.
	www.number-10.gov.uk /output/Page9548.asp (297 words)

	Shildon Songsters (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		Shildon Corps has a very active Songster Brigade which takes an active part in the meetings on Sunday as well as frequently ministering to organizations in the local community and surrounding district.
		After a 50 year celebration in 2002 the brigade has maintained a yearly anniversary - usually in early May. This year the celebrations were shared with Sherburn Hill Songsters featuring a festival on the Saturday and special meetings on the Sunday.
		After the morning meeting the songsters led the corps in open air meeting in the nearby, newly opened Locomotion museum.
	www.shildonsalvationarmy.org.uk /songsters.htm (278 words)

	British Museum -- Recommendations and Resources
		The museum first opened to the public on January 15, 1759 in Montagu House in Bloomsbury, on the site of the current museum building.
		The museum is home to over seven million objects covering the story of human culture from its beginning to the present.
		British Museum station was subsequently re-used up to the 1960s as a military administrative office and emergency command post, but it is now wholly disused.
	www.becomingapediatrician.com /health/23/british-museum.html (1359 words)

	Southern Electric exhibits at Locomotion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		"Locomotion", the National Railway Museum at Shildon, County Durham, opened on September 25th 2004.
		This is the first national museum to be built in the north east of England and it incorporates the Timothy Hackworth Museum.
		The Waterloo and City electric locomotive 75S, previously on display at the NRM York, can also be seen here.
	www.southernelectric.org.uk /news/shildon.html (244 words)

	The Gulbenkian Prize for museums and galleries - Finalists 2004
		The redevelopment of a museum that houses the largest road transport collection in the world.
		Set in a restored herring curing factory, every aspect of this new museum – from its name to the stories it tells – is the result of a unique collaboration with the local community.
		This new railway museum celebrates Shildon's history as one of the world's oldest railway towns and is the first national museum in the north east of England.
	www.thegulbenkianprize.org.uk /2005/shortlist.htm (258 words)

	Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon (formerly the Timothy Hackworth Victorian & Railway Museum) - 24 ...
		Locomotion: The National Railway Museum at Shildon (formerly the Timothy Hackworth Victorian & Railway Museum) - 24 Hour Museum - official guide to UK museums, galleries, exhibitions and heritage
		Shildon was selected by the NRM as a site to house the reserve collection of railway vehicles and establish a National Rail Collections Centre.
		Shildon is one of the World’s oldest railway towns.
	130.246.192.24 /museum/NE000065.html (431 words)

	£100,000 Museum Prize Shortlist Revealed - It's David V Goliath Again! - 24 Hour Museum - official ...
		Now in its third year, the largest single prize in the arts world is open to all UK museums and galleries and seeks to reward the best new development of the past year.
		Locomotion, the National Railway Museum at Shildon opened in September on the very spot where rail travel was born.
		As well as national museums such as the Big Pit in Wales and Locomotion in Co Durham, a local history project from the Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon is on there alongside the Carn Chearsabhagh community project on the Hebridean island of North Uist.
	www.24hourmuseum.org.uk /nwh_gfx_en/ART25583.html (1703 words)

	Shildon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		The adjacent Hackworth Museum has now been incorporated into the new National Railway Museum outreach centre called "Locomotion".
		It is hoped that in the future we can cooperate with the museum in joint heritage rail ventures.
		The nearby signal box is the last survivor of three at Shildon and the last one along the branch.
	www.weardale-railway.org.uk /infoshildon.htm (140 words)

	.: County Durham Official Guide :.
		You can read more about his contribution and about Locomotion at Shildon, the National Railway Museum's first ever 'outstation', in the section on ‘South Durham’.
		County Durham’s neighbour, Darlington, is home to the Railway Centre and Museum based in North Road Station, built in 1842 on the original Stockton and Darlington line.
		The museum is packed with railway memorabilia and is the final resting place of Stephenson’s ‘Locomotion’ herself.
	www.discovercountydurham.com /Pages/CountyDurhamOG/RailwayDream.html (487 words)

	Timothy Hackworth Victorian & Railway Museum-Entrance
		From a rostrum alongside the entrance, she declared the museum open, and posed for photographers at the entrance, before going inside for a tour of the museum.
		After unveiling the plaque to commemorate her visit and the opening of the museum, Her Majesty presented the museum with a signed portrait of herself which can be seen in the entrance of the museum.
		Beamish Museum was the final stop of the Queen Mother's tour of County Durham, to mark the 150th anniversary of the Stockton and Darlington Railway.
	www.railcentre.co.uk /museum/royalopening.htm (283 words)

	Light Engine Locomotion NRM Shildon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-17)
		In response Light Engine uses emerging communication technology of text messaging in conjunction with the latest RGB LED's to create a contemporary interactive light beacon that celebrates the resonance and emotional vitality of the early railways.
		The light sequences are programmed to conjure the words through colour and movement, creating contemporary visual equivalents for these classic early locomotives.
		Commissioned by the NRM for Locomotion museum at Shildon.
	www.peterfreeman.co.uk /shildon.htm (199 words)

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