Book : Darlington,
Newton Aycliffe, Barnard Castle (Streetmaster Street Maps).
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Darlington Railway Centre and Museum, North Road Station, Darlington
Tel: 01325 460532 - Restored 1842 station housing a collection
of exhibits relating to railways in the North East of England,
including Stephenson's Locomotion. It is located on the 1825
route of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, the world's first
steam-worked public railway. About 6 miles south of Newton Aycliffe.
Preston Hall Museum, Yarm
Road, Stockton-on-Tees. Tel: 01642 781184. The museum is best
known for its Victorian Street and its many period rooms, giving
a glimpse of domestic life in the area over the years. It has
an impressive display of weaponry in its cellars, and also houses
Stockton's most famous painting, the Dice Players by Georges
de la Tour. Set in 112 acres of parkland, between Stockton and
Yarm on A135. About 8 miles southeast of Newton Aycliffe.
Darlington Tees Cottage Pumping Station, Coniscliffe Road. Darlington
Tel: 01325 760216. A Scheduled Ancient Monument with two completely
original pumping engines in full working order, displayed running
under their pumping load on about four weekends each year. One
is a two-cylinder compound steam beam engine, the other engine
a two-cylinder gas engine, the largest preserved example in Europe.
The engines are housed in their own purpose built buildings,
dating from 1847 to 1901, in themselves superb examples of Victorian
architecture. About 7 miles south of Newton Aycliffe.
Designed by leading contemporary
artist and sculptor David Mach, Train is made from 185,000 local
"Accrington Nori" bricks and commemorates Darlington's
illustrious heritage as "home of the railways". 60
metres long and 6 metres high, it is a perfect rendering of the
1938 classic locomotive "Mallard", complete with plume
of billowing smoke. About 8 miles south of Newton Aycliffe on
the A66.
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. It opened in Shildon in September 2004 and links
with the existing Timothy Hackworth Museum. The new Museum houses
in excess of 60 exhibits and provides an opportunity to view
the history of the railways. About 3 miles northwest of Newton
Aycliffe.
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