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Row over ‘arrogant’ National Railway Museum plan to relocate Locomotion to Locomotion

THE National Railway Museum (NRM) has unveiled ambitious yet controversial plans for a £4.5million expansion of Locomotion in Shildon.

The museum hopes to have completed it in time for the bicentenary of the Stockton & Darlington Railway in 2025.

At the heart of the redevelopment is

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