Commissions North

National Railway Museum: Light Engine

National Railway Museum: Light Engine

Locomotion, the new National Railway Museum at Shildon, commissioned this interactive light sculpture with support from Arts UK.

The artwork has different lighting sequences which can be triggered by text messaging the names of engines which Victorian Engineer Timothy Hackworth built Locomotion, Globe, Sans Pareil, Magnet, Arrow, Shildon.

Image courtesy of Arts UK

Artist(s)
Peter Freeman.

Client
National Railway Museum

Location
Sedgefield

Project Management
Arts UK

Completion Date
2004



Commissions North is supported within the Arts Council England, North East and is also funded by the European Regional Development Fund.

Commissions North
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