- Wikidata identifier:
- Q7610998
- Part of:
- North East Museums
- Instance of:
- museum; local authority museum; railway museum
- Museum/collection status:
- Accredited museum
- Accreditation number:
- 386
- Persistent shareable link for this record:
- https://museumdata.uk/museums/q7610998/
Collection-level records:
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Collection overview (Cornucopia)
Transport
The collection here includes historic railway exhibits ‘Billy’, built in Newcastle in 1826, an electrically-powered parcels van of 1904 from the Tyneside suburban electric railway, a Colliery electric loco built in 1909 and passenger coaches from the 1950s. Also the cab of the first Metro train and a parcel van.
Source: Cornucopia
Date: Not known, but before 2015
Licence: CC BY-NC