Our Collections

A summary of our collections

The Museum is home to historic railway exhibits from the early days of the steam railway right up to the present day, for example:

The early locomotive 'Billy' - built in Newcastle around 1826 and used for hauling coal

Steam and diesel locomotives used on Tyneside and elsewhere from as early as the 1880s

An electrically-powered parcels van of 1904 from the pioneering Tyneside suburban electric railway system

An electric locomotive - built in 1909 for use on a colliery line

A fleet of passenger coaches from the 1950s.