Locomotion One
The world's earliest purpose-built railway station, recorded inside and out so it can be bought, restored and reopened.
VIDEO · MODEL VIEWER TO FOLLOW
01 · Brief
Heighington Station, built in 1826 and 1827 on the 1825 Stockton & Darlington line, is Grade II* and on the Heritage At Risk Register. The Friends launched a campaign in 2024 to buy and restore it. No accurate survey existed, and nothing could move without one.
02 · Toolbox
- Terrestrial laser scanner
- UAV photogrammetry
- Digital cameras
03 · On location
Every room including a flooded cellar, all elevations and the surroundings, scanned and photographed for a complete interior and exterior model.
04 · Result
A topographic survey, floor plans, elevations, cross-sections and a textured 3D model the conservation team can walk through, now with their architect and forming the basis of the restoration plans.
- Topographic survey
- Floor plans
- Elevations and sections
- Textured 3D model
year the station was built
listing, top 8% of buildings in England
scan set-ups
drawings delivered
TODO marks 2 figures still to come from Kittiwake. Listed in docs/gaps.md.
“Without an accurate survey, plans for restoration and reuse just couldn't have been taken forward.”
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