Managed by specialist teams from Locomotion and the National Railway Museum, the shunt saw 46 vehicles (and one road vehicle) move carefully inside the newly constructed £8m New Hall. Locomotion is a partnership between the Science Museum Group and Durham County Council, with the latter having provided significant funding towards New Hall. Situated opposite the museum's existing collection building, New Hall is scheduled to open to the public on 24 May 2024. Before then, the hall needed to be

Managed by specialist teams from Locomotion and the National Railway Museum, the shunt saw 46 vehicles (and one road vehicle) move carefully inside the newly constructed £8m New Hall. Locomotion is a partnership between the Science Museum Group and Durham County Council, with the latter having provided significant funding towards New Hall. Situated opposite the museum's existing collection building, New Hall is scheduled to open to the public on 24 May 2024. Before then, the hall needed to be filled with collection rail vehicles in a complex shunt that took more than four weeks to complete. The last vehicles moved into position on Monday 22 April including the Q7 locomotive and the historic Hetton Colliery locomotive. With a crane, two snow ploughs, a pair of track inspection velocipedes, historic steam locomotives, numerous freight wagons and even a tracked Bren Gun Carrier, the lineup is sure to include something to complete every train set. When added to the vehicles already at