Shildon Locomotion Museum

Le Shildon Locomotion Museum est un musée national ferroviaire britannique. Il se situe à Shildon dans le comté de Durham en Angleterre près de la ligne de chemin de fer Stockton - Darlington dont l'ingénieur en chef était Timothy Hackworth au XIXe siècle. Il fait partie de la collection nationale britannique et prend la suite du Musée du chemin de fer victorien Timothy Hackworth.

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Locomotion Museum

Locomotion, previously known as Locomotion the National Railway Museum at Shildon, is a railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, England. The museum was renamed in 2017 when it became part of the Science Museum Group.

Shildon railway station

Shildon is a railway station serving the town of Shildon in County Durham, England on the Tees Valley Line, between Bishop Auckland and Saltburn via Darlington. The station is situated 9 miles 8 chains (14.6 km) north-west of Darlington. It is owned by Network Rail and managed by Northern Trains.

944 m

Middridge Quarry

Middridge Quarry is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in County Durham, England. It is a disused quarry, situated alongside the railway line between Newton Aycliffe and Shildon, 1 km south of the village of Middridge. The quarry was excavated in Magnesian Limestone, the lowest level of which is an exceptionally fossiliferous marl slate which has yielded the richest and most varied Permian flora in the Britain and is the type locality for the pteridosperm Pseudoctensis middridgensis. Fossils obtained from the quarry have included several species of fish and reptiles, numerous invertebrates and plants, and the site is considered to be of international palaeontological importance.

Hackworth Park

Hackworth Park (alternately the Recreation Ground) is a park in Shildon, County Durham, England. It was named after Timothy Hackworth, a railway pioneer from the town.

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Riseburn

Riseburn was a short-lived village in County Durham, situated south of Middridge and close to Eden Pit. It consisted of three terraces and a Primitive Methodist Chapel. Riseburn was built in the late nineteenth century, but only survived until the 1940s. Today, little if any trace remains of Riseburn.

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