Date: 17/08/2011

PLANS to turn a derelict gun barrel shed into a tourist attraction where visitors can see locomotives being lovingly restored have moved a step forward. The Weardale Railway has taken the first steps towards transforming the former shed at its depot in Wolsingham, County Durham, into a workshop. [From Richard Buckby]

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PLANS to turn a derelict gun barrel shed into a tourist attraction where visitors can see locomotives being lovingly restored have moved a step

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Hard by Wolsingham Steelworks is the Wolsingham Railway Centre, base of operations for the re-opening of the Weardale Railway, seen here in September 2006.
Location: Wolsingham Steelworks
Company: Wear Valley Railway
26/09/2006 Ewan Crawford