Going to the National Railway Museum's
other site at Shildon was in fact the main reason i came up to York for a couple of days. While York is doable from Birmingham for a day Shildon is just that much further that doing it in a day is a bit marginal. So i've had to put off coming to NRM Shildon until now.
It was well worth the wait, the collection at Shildon is amazing and includes the likes of the APT-E and the iconic Deltic prototype. My favourite locomotive on display however was the North Eastern electric shunter. One of the very first railway books i bought in the mid-1980s was on electric locomotives and the North Eastern loco was in it and i looked forward to a time i could see it for real. Maybe i didn't think it would take quite so long to finally achieve this dream!
You can see my NRM Shildon photos here.
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| "Project Commuter" Class 414 to be restored |
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| North Eastern electric shunter, seen at last! |
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| APT-E |
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| Deltic |
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| Winston Churchill |
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| APT-E logo |
