NRM Shildon 28/03/2013 inc. Dominion of Canada update

[Rlangham]

Photos from today - Dominion of Canada looks absolutely superb! Was using my finace's camera, a pocket digital but has a higher resolution than my normal camera, and with flash off works very, very well, so for museums is spot on





Close up of bell and single chimney

















The shuffle around to get D of C out of the workshop meant some bits could be viewed better - this Great Northern Railway hand crane for example





And the Crusader tank on WW2 Tank carrying flat wagon



The light showed the original BR logo under the North Eastern Railway Quayside Electric's preservation paint

[Rlangham]

Some more;



The door on the ES1 had been left ajar so got some more snaps from cab floor level









The shuffle around to get Dominion of Canada alongside Duchess of Hamilton meant it was possible to get a slightly different view of M1 class 1621 and ECJS 1898 carriage











The Stirling Single had been moved since my last visit too



Replica Sans Pareil



Original Sans Pareil



In the goods shed, this SR 'Queen Mary' brake van took up almost all the space inside



The very interesting coal drops



The widest coal drop, still showing some of the original coal chute



1820's stables for the Black Boy colliery branch - the small building to the right is the Bank Rider's Cabin, for the men who would ride on the Chaldron wagons and act as brakesmen as they went down the incline.





Inside an old shed, originally built as an ironworks and briefly used as an engine shed, then paint shop by the NER before being used as a gym and band practise hall, are a few interesting exhibits but can only go just inside the entrance - one of the most interesting is 'Nelson', originally believed to be 'Bradyll'












Timothy Hackworth's House



Monogram on gates



Stockton and Darlington Railway marker in garden

[S.A.C. Martin]

Thank you for sharing those shots. DoC looks magnificent, but the star amongst those photographs for me is the replica Sans Pareil, looking rather elegant herself amongst the other elegant locomotives of the GNR and NER.

[Rlangham]

As much as my main interest in railways is late Victorian/Edwardian era, the early locomotives really capture my imagination, both the replicas and originals, I still think it's fantastic to see the surviving originals, and the working replicas

[S.A.C. Martin]

As much as my main interest in railways is late Victorian/Edwardian era, the early locomotives really capture my imagination, both the replicas and originals, I still think it's fantastic to see the surviving originals, and the working replicas

Pretty much my same viewpoint, although from a 1940s/50s bias myself. I'm currently re-reading Christopher McGowan's book on the Rainhill Trials, a fascinating read.