Beam engine, Shildon
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Beam engine, Shildon
Image: © Chris Allen Taken: 14 Mar 1999
This is attributed to Timothy Hackworth and is on display in his Soho Works at Shildon, now an outpost of the National Railway Museum. This engine was once displayed at York and had disappeared from sight before turning up here.
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Image Location
Latitude
54.626894
Longitude
-1.640471