A powerhouse of industrial revolution, the railways needed a way to move the bounty of the mines to the expanding ports & beyond. Shildon was perfectly placed to become a dynamo of Empire & industry, one of the first towns to produce commercial railway engines & eventually standardised rail stock –
1000's of goods wagons rolling across the world began life here. As late as the 1970s, it was the worlds' biggest producer of rolling stock. Today, #Locomotion remains, well worth a visit. Shildon 1915 www.alangodfreymaps.co.uk/shildon.htm £3.50pp, one of almost 4,000 #history -filled #maps #rail200
