Locomotion - VibeWire Magazine

County Durham heritage railway to feature on BBC programme

Guest authors
September 16, 2025
0

Weardale Railway has revealed that it is to feature in Michael Portillo’s new BBC2 series 200 Years of the Railways.

Book now to visit the Railway 200 Inspiration train

Guest authors
April 24, 2025
0

Tickets can now be booked for visits to the exhibition train named Inspiration that will tour the UK later this year as part of the Railway 200 celebrations.

Statue of Robert Stephenson moved from Euston to Locomotion Museum

Guest authors
April 8, 2025
0

A statue of Robert Stephenson statue has gone on display at the Locomotion Museum at Shildon to mark 200 years of the British passenger railway.

Flying Scotsman part of Locomotion’s summer celebration of Railway 200

Guest authors
March 28, 2025
0

Locomotion railway museum in Shildon, County Durham, has announced its programme for the bicentenary year of the modern railway.

National Railway Museum reveals plans for double celebration year

Guest authors
January 24, 2025
0

The National Railway Museum in York has announced its plans for two anniversaries this year – its own fiftieth birthday and the bicentenary of the railway.

50th birthday celebration photographs wanted by National Railway Museum

Guest authors
November 5, 2024
0

Do you have a photograph of your visit to the National Railway Museum in York at any time over the last fifty years? If so, the Museum would like to see it!

Locomotion: Photos from inside the £8m New Hall

Guest authors
May 23, 2024
0

Today, the National Railway Museum invited RailAdvent to see the official opening on the new £8m New Hall building officially open.

Locomotives set to move into new County Durham Hall

Guest authors
March 14, 2024
0

A big shunt will take place at Locomotion, Shildon, in order to create Europe’s largest undercover display of historic rail vehicles.

Yorkshire rail museum welcomes investment from Levelling Up Fund

Guest authors
March 8, 2024
0

The National Railway Museum has welcomed the announcement of a £15 million investment from the Government’s Levelling Up Fund.

2025: Celebrating 200 Years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway

Guest authors
July 19, 2023
0

Head of Locomotion Sarah Price looks ahead to 2025, which marks 200 years of railway passenger travel.

The post 2025: Celebrating 200 Years of the Stockton & Darlington Railway appeared first on National Railway Museum blog.