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The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British National Museum of Science and Industry and telling the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 Ã— 1200 pixel, file size: 973 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Metadata Size of this preview: 800 Ã— 600 pixelsFull resolution (1600 Ã— 1200 pixel, file size: 973 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 344 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: National Railway Museum ... ImageMetadata File history File links Download high resolution version (1024x768, 344 KB) File links The following pages link to this file: National Railway Museum ... The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. ... The National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI) is a collection of British museums, comprising: The National Railway Museum in York. ... French 1912 drawing of typical elements of railways Railway tracks running through a railway station in North East England, UK A railway yard in Portland, Oregon. ...

Overview

The NRM contains a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 200 other items of rolling stock, virtually all of which either ran on the railways of Great Britain or were built there, together with many hundreds of thousands of other items of social, technical and historical interest (down to a lock of Robert Stephenson's hair) displayed in three large halls of a former motive power depot next to the East Coast Main Line, near York railway station. It is the largest museum of its type in the world with over 744,000 visitors a year.^[1] It is open daily from 10am to 6pm. The permanent display includes "Palaces on Wheels", a collection of Royal Train coaches from Queen Victoria's early trains to those used by Queen Elizabeth II up to the 1970s. A balcony overlooking York railway station hosts a set of monitors showing live feeds from the monitors at York IECC. Great Western Railway No. ... Rolling Stock banner Rolling Stock was a newspaper of ideas and a chronicle of the 1980s published in Boulder, Colorado by Ed Dorn and Jennifer Dunbar Dorn. ... Statue of Robert Stephenson at Euston Station, London Robert Stephenson FRS (October 16, 1803â€“October 12, 1859) was an English civil engineer. ... The East Coast Main Line viaduct at Durham. ... The approach to York station and the Royal York hotel York railway station is a main-line railway station in the historic city of York. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 â€“ 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor; born 21 April 1926) is Queen of sixteen sovereign states, holding each crown and title equally. ... The 1970s decade refers to the years from 1970 to 1979. ... The approach to York station and the Royal York hotel York railway station is a main-line railway station in the historic city of York. ... The word monitor, depending on context, may have one of the following meanings: A computer display A speaker used on stage or in a studio to enable musicians to hear what is being recorded or broadcasted A concurrent programming language construct which encapsulates variables, access procedures and initialisation code within... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. ... The Integrated Electronic control centre or IECC was developed in the late 1980s. ...

The NRM was established on its present site in 1975, when it took over the former British Railways collection located in Clapham and the York Railway Museum located elsewhere in the city; since then, the collection has continued to grow. The head of the museum since 1994 has been Andrew Scott.
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The museum is a short walk from the railway station in York, either on the road or via a staircase from the rear of the platforms. A "roadtrain" runs from the city centre (near York Minster) to the museum on Leeman Road. Admission to the museum has been free for a number of years. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4577x2036, 1796 KB) This is one of a series of merged images of the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum in York. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (4577x2036, 1796 KB) This is one of a series of merged images of the Great Hall at the National Railway Museum in York. ... York Minster is the largest Gothic cathedral in northern Europe and is situated in the city of York in Northern England. ...

Locomotion – the National Railway Museum in Shildon, County Durham was opened in 2004 and is operated by the NRM in conjunction with Sedgefield Borough Council. It houses more of the national collection in a new building and a historic site around the former workshop of Timothy Hackworth and attracts a further 100,000 visitors annually. Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 811 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1536x2048, 811 KB) Licensing I, the creator of this work, hereby grant the permission to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ... Outside the main building at Locomotion, Shildon, County Durham The Locomotion Museum is part of the National Museum of Science and History (NMSI). ... Shildon, Cradle Of The Railways, is a town in County Durham, in England. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... shelby was here 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Sedgefield is a local government district and borough in County Durham, in north-east England. ... Timothy Hackworth (December 22, 1786 – July 7, 1850) was a steam locomotive mechanical engineer who lived in Shildon, County Durham, England and worked with George Stephenson on the Stockton and Darlington Railway. ...

Gallery

Collection

There are approximately 280 rail vehicles in the National Collection, with around 100 being at York at any one time and the remainder divided between Locomotion at Shildon and other museums and heritage railways. Key exhibits normally to be seen at York include the Royal Train saloons of Queen Victoria and her successors,^[2] the 1846 Furness Railway No. 3 Coppernob locomotive, and the more modern express passenger steam locomotives London and North Eastern Railway Class A3 No. 4472 Flying Scotsman (added to the collection only in 2004),^[3] his streamlined sister Class A4 No. 4468 Mallard (restored to steam for a time from 1986) and London Midland Region of British Railways No. 46229 Duchess of Hamilton (restored to steam for the first time in 1980).^[4] Flying Scotsman is among the exhibits intended for operation on the National Rail network from time to time. Rail vehicles are vehicles capable of rolling on rail tracks. ... Outside the main building at Locomotion, Shildon, County Durham The Locomotion Museum is part of the National Museum of Science and History (NMSI). ... Shildon, Cradle Of The Railways, is a town in County Durham, in England. ... A scene on a heritage railway. ... Class 67 67005 Queens Messenger brings up the rear of the Royal Train as it heads along the Dawlish sea front on 15 September 2004. ... Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria; 24 May 1819 â€“ 22 January 1901) was the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland from 20 June 1837, and the first Empress of India from 1 May 1876, until her death on 22 January 1901. ... Furness Railway No. ... Union Pacific Big Boy #4012 at work on a cold November 29, 1941 A steam locomotive is a locomotive powered by steam. ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... This article is about the locomotive the Flying Scotsman. For the passenger service, see Flying Scotsman (train). ... Number 4468 Mallard is a London and North Eastern Railway Class A4 4-6-2 Pacific steam locomotive built in the 1930s by the LNER and designed by Sir Nigel Gresley in Doncaster, England. ... Ex-LMS Jubilee Class 45641 Sandwich at Chinley in 1954 The London Midland Region (LMR) was one of the six regions created on British Railways (BR) and consisted of ex-London, Midland and Scottish Railway (LMS) lines in England and Wales. ... 46229 at Crewe open weekend, 2005. ... National Rail uses the BR double-arrow logo A typical National Rail station sign showing the double-arrow logo National Rail is a brand name of the Association of Train Operating Companies (ATOC). ...

The museum has imported several major vehicles for display: the Chinese Class KF locomotive donated in 1981 was built in Britain and the Wagon-Lits sleeping car donated in 1980 had been used on the Paris-London Night Ferry service. The single exception to the rule of exhibits associated with Britain is the Japanese 0 Series Shinkansen bullet train leading vehicle which was donated to the museum by the West Japan Railway Company in 2001 and which now forms part of an award-winning display. The interior of a Pullman car on the Chicago and Alton Railroad circa 1900. ... Night Ferry was a sleeper train that ran between London Victoria and Paris Gare du Nord (and later Brussels) of the Southern Railway and British Railways. ... Shinkansen 0 Series at Fukuyama Station, April 2002. ... West Japan Railway Company (西日本旅客鉄道株式会社 Nishi Nihon Ryokaku Tetsudô Kabushiki Gaisha), commonly known as JR-West (JR西日本 JR Nishi Nihon), is one of JR companies in Japan that covers western Honshu. ...

Rail vehicles on display are exchanged from time to time with other organisations, and examples of new-build stock from the current industry sometimes visit the museum for short periods.

Other physically large exhibits are the Stockton and Darlington Railway Gaunless Bridge and several stationary winding engines used on railway inclines. Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway by John Dobbin, circa 1825. ...

The many other three-dimensional elements of the collection include signalling equipment, road vehicles, ship models, posters and other artwork,^[5] nameplates, staff uniforms, furniture and equipment from railway hotels, refreshment rooms and offices (including company seals) and a wide range of models, some of which are operated on the museum's O scale model railway (originated in 1982).^[6] Poster from the Spanish Revolution A poster is any large piece of printed paper which hangs from a wall or other such surface. ... welcome:: This is an article about items in a room. ... Dariush Grand Hotel,Kish island, Iran The 4-star Manor House Hotel at Castle Combe, Wiltshire, England. ... Seal on envelope A seal is an impression printed on, embossed upon, or affixed to a document (or any other object) in order to authenticate it, in lieu of or in addition to a signature. ... O scale (or O gauge) is a scale commonly used for toy trains and model railroading. ... HO scale model railroad. ...

The museum is also the repository for a large collection of mechanical engineering drawings from railway workshops and for official photographs. Thanks largely to the initiative of the late R. C. (Dick) Riley, these have been supplemented by the collections of a number of amateur photographers such as Eric Treacy.^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10] The museum’s own photographers have also worked on projects recording the contemporary railway, including the Channel Tunnel construction. In 1999/2000 the Museum began to collect recordings of former railway staff for a National Archive of Railway Oral History. The Museum library houses a significant collection of railway periodicals,^[11] timetables and official publications. The Right Reverend Bishop Eric Treacy MBE (1907 â€” 13 May 1978) was a British railway photographer and Bishop of Wakefield. ... Map of the Channel Tunnel. ... An 1844 timetable for the Long Island Rail Road A public transport timetable is a listing of the times that public transport services arrive and depart specified locations. ...

Origins

Although there had been amateur attempts to establish a national railway museum from the late 19th century^[12] the official impetus came from two sources. The first was the establishment of what became the Science Museum (London) collection by the Patent Office;^[13] this included the locomotive Agenoria (sister to Stourbridge Lion) which entered the York collection at an early date. The other strand derived from the North Eastern Railway as successors to the historic Stockton and Darlington Railway. From 1880, J. B. Harper of the N.E.R. had been collecting material much of which was exhibited on the occasion of the S.& D.R. centenary in 1925;^[14] and which then formed the basis of a museum opened at York by the London and North Eastern Railway in 1928 under the curatorship of E. M. Bywell. The smaller exhibits (including the donated Isaac Briggs collection of memorabilia relating to early railway civil engineers) were housed in the old station buildings and the rolling stock and other large exhibits in former workshops.^[15]^[16] These were supplemented by material from other railway companies, for example London, Brighton and South Coast Railway B1 Class Gladstone, donated by the Stephenson Locomotive Society and City of Truro from the Great Western Railway,^[17] but other relics were retained in company workshops and offices and some were destroyed.^[18] The Science Museum on Exhibition Road, South Kensington, London is part of the National Museum of Science and Industry. ... The Stourbridge Lions first run, as depicted by Clyde Osmer DeLand c. ... The North Eastern Railway (NER), unlike many other of the pre-Grouping companies, had a relatively compact territory, having the district it covered to itself. ... Opening of the Stockton and Darlington Railway by John Dobbin, circa 1825. ... York is a city in North Yorkshire, England, at the confluence of the rivers Ouse and Foss. ... LNER timetable for Autumn 1926 detailing the resumption of services after the General Strike. ... Year 1928 (MCMXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... The LB&SCRs coat of arms, displayed above the entrance to Gipsy Hill railway station. ... 214 Gladstone preserved in the National Railway Museum. ... The Stephenson Locomotive Society was founded in the UK in Autumn 1909 for the study of rail transport and locomotives. ... GWR 3700 City Class 4-4-0, no. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ...

The nationalisation of British transport in 1948 gave the opportunity for a more consolidated approach and a report was produced by the British Transport Commission in 1951.^[19] Amongst other things this recommended a curator be appointed for the Commission’s holdings (John M. Scholes), retention of the York museum, creation of other regional museums (not carried out in the way proposed), a small relics display in the old Great Hall at Euston railway station (done on a temporary basis) and a large museum of collections elsewhere in London. For the latter, the former station at Nine Elms was originally favoured as a site, but what was eventually opened in 1961 was the Museum of British Transport in a former bus garage in Clapham.^[20] An official list of locomotives for preservation was compiled, ^[21]^[22] many of which were stored in locomotive sheds throughout the country. Nationalization or nationalisation is the act of transferring assets into public ownership. ... The British Transport Commission (BTC) was created by Clement Attlees post-war Labour government as a part of its nationalisation programme, to oversee railways, canals and road freight transport in Great Britain (Northern Ireland had the separate Ulster Transport Authority). ... Euston station, also known as London Euston, is a major railway station to the north of central London in the London Borough of Camden. ... Nine Elms is a district of London, situated in the far north-eastern corner of the London Borough of Wandsworth between Battersea and Vauxhall. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Go North East bus parked in a lay-by in Tyne and Wear, England. ... Clapham is a neighbourhood in the London Borough of Wandsworth, South London. ...

The modernisation of British Rail by the end of the 1960s made it seem inappropriate for it to be running a museum, and a campaign was led by transport historian L. T. C. Rolt and others to create a new museum.^[23] Agreement was reached under terms in the Transport Act 1968 for B.R. to provide premises converted from the former locomotive roundhouse at York North (rebuilt in the 1950s) to be occupied by a National Railway Museum which would be a branch of the National Museum of Science and Industry and the first English national museum outside London (some exhibits were retained in the capital and formed the basis of the London Transport Museum). Exhibits from the previous museums at York and Clapham were moved to the new site supplemented by vehicles taken from storage in Brighton and elsewhere and restored. This article is about the defunct entity British Railways, which later traded as British Rail. The History of rail transport in Great Britain is covered in its own article. ... Lionel Thomas Caswell Rolt (usually abbreviated to Tom Rolt or L.T.C. Rolt) (1910-1974) was a prolific English writer and the biographer of major civil engineering figures including Isambard Kingdom Brunel and Thomas Telford. ... Roundhouse in 1909, turntable in the front Roundhouse in Uster, Switzerland Steam locomotives sit in the Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse at the Chicago, Illinois freight yards, December 1942. ... The National Museum of Science and Industry (NMSI) is a collection of British museums, comprising: The National Railway Museum in York. ... A national museum is a museum maintained by a nation. ... Londons Transport Museum, formerly known as the London Transport Museum, is a museum which seeks to conserve and explain the transport heritage of London, the capital city of the United Kingdom. ... Brighton is located on the south coast of England, and together with its immediate neighbour Hove forms the city of Brighton and Hove. ...

Growth

The museum was opened by Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in 1975. The opening coincided with the 150th anniversary celebrations of the opening of the Stockton & Darlington Railway, for which several working exhibits were provided. By comparison with the museum’s predecessors coverage of ordinary passenger cars and non-steam motive power was enhanced, but a popular new exhibit was Southern Region of British Railways Merchant Navy Class No. 35029 Ellerman Lines sectioned to show the workings of a steam locomotive. The new museum received over a million visitors in its first year and was favourably received by critics.^[24]^[25] Sleeping Beauty character (actually spelled Phillip), see Sleeping Beauty (1959 film). ... Year 1975 (MCMLXXV) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Restored passenger cars on display at the Mid-Continent Railway Museum in North Freedom, WI. A passenger car is a piece of railroad rolling stock that is designed to carry passengers. ... British Railways Southern Region totem station sign for Hither Green. ... The SR Merchant Navy Class, given the nickname Spam Cans or Packets by locomotive drivers after the doyen of the class, was originally a class of streamlined 4-6-2 steam locomotive designed for the Southern Railway by Oliver Bulleid. ...

Significant events of 1979 were the restoration of a train of appropriate vehicles to mark the centenary of on-train catering^[26] and an exhibition to mark the centenary of railway electric traction which drew attention to the museum's important collections in this area.^[27] Also in 1979 the museum commissioned a working replica of Stephenson's Rocket for the following year’s Liverpool and Manchester Railway 150th anniversary. This locomotive has since represented the museum at events around the world. // Railway electric traction describes the various types of locomotive and multiple units that are used on electrification systems around the world Railway electrification as a means of traction emerged at the end of the nineteenth century. ... A contemporary drawing of Rocket Rocket as preserved in the Science Museum, London. ... The Liverpool and Manchester Railway (L&MR) was the worlds first intercity passenger railway in which all the trains were timetabled and operated for most of the distance solely by steam locomotives. ...

Another working replica was added to the collection for the Great Western Railway sesquicentenary in 1985: that of the 7 ft 0¼ in (2140 mm) gauge Iron Duke. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 193 KB) Summary (c) Chris Howells (user:Chowells) Replica Rocket. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (960x1280, 193 KB) Summary (c) Chris Howells (user:Chowells) Replica Rocket. ... The original Bristol Temple Meads station, first terminus of the GWR, is the building to the left of this picture The Great Western Railway (GWR) was a British railway company, linking South West England, the West Country and South Wales with London. ... The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... Iron Duke class engines waiting scrapping The Great Western Railway Iron Duke Class 4-2-2 broad gauge steam locomotives for express passenger train work. ...

Concerns about the condition of the concrete roof structure on the main building brought forward major changes to the museum in 1990. To maintain a presence at York, the former York goods depot across Leeman Road, already in use as a museum store (the Peter Allen Building), was configured to display trains as if in a passenger station, and this together with the adjacent South Yard, was marketed as The Great Railway Show.^[28] A further selection of exhibits formed the National Railway Museum on Tour on display for one season in the former Swindon Works.^[29] Meanwhile, the main building was completely reroofed and reconstructed retaining only one of the two original 1954 turntables. It was reopened in 1992 as the Great Hall giving enhanced opportunities to display large artefacts such as railway signals, Concrete being poured, raked and vibrated into place in residential construction in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... Year 1990 (MCMXC) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 1990 Gregorian calendar). ... BR standard class 2 tanks 82039 and 82038 under construction in Swindon, 1954. ... A small turntable at the Orange Empire Railway Museum in Perris, CA. In rail terminology, a turntable is a device used to turn railroad rolling stock. ... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... A signal is a mechanical or electrical device that indicates to train drivers information about the state of the line ahead, and therefore whether they must stop or may start, or instructions on what speed they may drive their train. ...

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In 1995 the museum joined forces with the University of York to create an academic research base, the Institute of Railway Studies (and Transport History). It has also since partnered with York College to create the Yorkshire Rail Academy to teach vocational skills. By contrast, in 1996 the Museum Garden was created incorporating a 7¼ in (184 mm) gauge ridable miniature railway. Year 1995 (MCMXCV) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full 1995 Gregorian calendar). ... The University of York is a campus university in York, England. ... York College is a further and higher education college in York, United Kingdom. ... The dominant rail gauge in each country shown Rail gauge is the distance between the inner sides of the two parallel rails that make up a railway track. ... Zooline Railroad St. ...

Continued concern over the condition of the remaining 1950s building on the site led to their replacement by The Works in 1999. This gave several functional areas: the Workshop, for maintenance of rolling stock; the Workshop Gallery, from which the public can look down on this work; a Working Railway Gallery, giving an insight into current and recent operation; and the Warehouse which provides an innovative open storage area which has proved popular with both public and museum professionals.^[30]

2004 saw several major developments at the museum. Several railway anniversaries were celebrated by a major Railfest^[31]^[32] (another is projected for 2008). The Locomotion museum was opened at Shildon, County Durham providing undercover collection care facilities for more rail vehicles (particularly freight cars) from the museum's collection. In addition, the museum had a high-profile campaign, supported by the National Heritage Memorial Fund, to purchase Flying Scotsman.^[33] Outside the main building at Locomotion, Shildon, County Durham The Locomotion Museum is part of the National Museum of Science and History (NMSI). ... Shildon, Cradle Of The Railways, is a town in County Durham, in England. ... County Durham is a county in north-east England. ... The National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF) was set up under the National Heritage Act 1980 in memory of people who gave their lives for the United Kingdom. ...

Policies

Occasional criticisms of aspects of the museum, such as that it has devoted insufficient attention to modern traction;^[34]^[35] that it was neglecting scholarship in favour of commercialism;^[36] or that its photographic collections constitute a "black hole"^[37] do not always take into account the financial constraints under which the museum operates. Its Grant in Aid from the Department for Culture, Media and Sport amounts to £6.50 per visitor which is more cost-effective but delivers less overall income than for comparable London museums and it depends on money-making initiatives such as the Norwich Union Yorkshire Wheel set up within the museum in 2006.^[38] It has also suffered several thefts.^[39] Norwich Union is an insurance company in the UK. It is the biggest life-insurer in the UK, and has a strong position in motor insurance. ... The current version of the article or section reads like an advertisement. ...

The museum can be allocated material from the railway industry by the Railway Heritage Committee. Because of the diversity of material falling potentially within the museum's collection policy and the problems of caring for it, decisions on acquisition of new items for the collection can be difficult.^[40]^[41] There has been a tradition within the museum of treating rolling stock as if it were still in railway service and unquestionably capable of undergoing heavy repairs and restoration, and many of the museum's locomotives have been operated in preservation, on the main line, heritage railways or at the museum.^[42]^[43] More recently, there have been moves to less interventionist forms of conservation in some cases.^[44] A scene on a heritage railway. ...

Since 1977, the Friends of the National Railway Museum have been in existence as a group to give financial and other support to the museum, such as financing the restoration of Duchess of Hamilton. The 1990 "Great Railway Show" won the Museum of the Year award and in 2001 the museum gained the European Museum of the Year Award. Also: 1977 (album) by Ash. ... Year 2001 (MMI) was a common year starting on Monday (link displays the 2001 Gregorian calendar). ... The European Museum of the Year Award is awarded to two kinds of museums: 1. ...

Developments

A new centre providing easy access to the museum’s Library and Archives, to be called Search Engine, has a hoped-for opening date of late 2007, major plans under the name NRM+ are under way for refurbishing the Great Hall display, and there are other partnerships for development of the museum estate as York Central.^[45]

Steam Locomotives

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Heads of museum

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^ Blakemore, Michael and Rutherford, Michael (1984). 46229 Duchess of Hamilton. Newburn House.
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The Wikimedia Commons (also called Wikicommons) is a repository of free content images, sound and other multimedia files. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... List of railway museums in the United Kingdom is a list of railway museums in the United Kingdom. ... This list of British heritage and private railways is intended as a list of railways (railroads) in Britain. ... Kerr Stuart Tatoo locomotive with passenger train. ... The Appleby Frodingham Railway preservation society based at Scunthorpe in North Lincolnshire. ... The Avon Valley Railway is a two mile long heritage railway between Oldland Common and Bitton in South Gloucestershire, England. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... The Bideford & Instow Railway Group in Devon are â€œcommitted to the reopening of the Barnstaple to Bideford branch of the old London and South Western Railway. ... Sheffield Park Station Exterior The Bluebell Railway is a heritage line running for nine miles along the border between East Sussex and West Sussex, England. ... GWR 0-6-0PT 5700 Class, no. ... The Bowes Railway built by Robert Stephenson is the worlds only preserved rope-hauled railway system in the world, according the note below. ... The Bredgar & Wormshill Light Railway is located near Sittingbourne in Kent. ... Categories: United Kingdom-related stubs | Museum stubs | Bristol | Museums in the UK ... The *Bure Valley Railway is a Heritage railway in Norfolk, within The Broads National Park. ... The Cambrian Railway Society (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Trust) is located in Oswestry, Shropshire, England, and plans to restore the branch line from Blodwel to Nantmawr as a heritage railway. ... The Cambrian Railways Trust (not to be confused with the nearby Cambrian Railway Society) is a heritage railway based at Llynclys near Oswestry, Shropshire. ... Chasewater Railway is a former colliery railway running round the shores of Chasewater in Staffordshire, England. ... The Chinnor & Princes Risborough Railway is located to the east of Oxford, England. ... The current Wallingford end of the line, with locomotive 701 The Cholsey end of the line, with main line platforms to left and the Wallingford platform to right The Cholsey & Wallingford Railway is a standard gauge preserved railway in the English county of Oxfordshire. ... Winston Churchill at the popular 1940s weekend Steam in the Churnet valley The Churnet Valley Railway is a 5 and 1/4 mile long standard gauge heritage railway based at Cheddleton station to the East of Stoke-on-Trent in Staffordshire. ... Cleethorpes Coast Light Railway is a 15 (0. ... Description The Colne Valley Railway is a heritage railway based at Castle Hedingham station, near Halstead in Essex, United Kingdom. ... The Dartmoor Railway is a heritage railway based at Okehampton in Devon. ... The Dean Forest Railway is a 4. ... The Derwent Valley Light Railway is a heritage railway link based at Murton to the east of the city of York. ... // Description The East Kent Railway (EKR) is a microscopic heritage railway in Kent, England. ... LMS Class 3F Jinty 0-6-0T No. ... Locomotive 30075 pulls into Cranmore station The East Somerset Railway operates a 2. ... Stations Wirksworth Idridgehay (proposed) Shottle (proposed) Duffield (proposed) - Transfer to main line services. ... The Eden Valley Railway is located near Appleby-in-Westmorland in Cumbria. ... The Elsecar Steam Railway is located on the old Great Central Railway freight-only branch from a junction near Mexborough in Barnsley, Yorkshire, built to serve collieries and ironworks. ... The Embsay & Bolton Abbey Steam Railway (E&BASR) is a heritage railway in North Yorkshire, England. ... The Epping Ongar Railway operates on a preserved railway along the final section of the old Great Eastern Railway and London Underground Central Line branch line between Epping and Ongar, with an intermediate station at North Weald. ... This is unrelated to the Foxfield railway station in Cumbria. ... GWR 2-8-0T 4200 Class no. ... It has been suggested that Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre be merged into this article or section. ... The Great Whipsnade Railway is a 2ft 6in (762mm) gauge narrow gauge heritage railway that operates within the Whipsnade Wild Animal Park. ... The Helston Railway Preservation Company is a heritage railway trying to rebuild part of the branch line linking Gwinear Road (on the Cornish Main Line) to Helston, in Cornwall, England. ... Hythe Pier from the Hythe shore The pier with the pier train The landward station, with depot and spare locomotive More detail on the spare locomotive The pier head station Contrasting forms of the two ferries Hythe Pier, the Hythe Pier Railway and the Hythe Ferry together provide a transport... Vintage carriage and O2 Class 0-4-4T no. ... Ivatt 2MT 2-6-2T 41241 at Haworth station The Platform, Oxenhope Railway Station, terminus of the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway (photo by Nigel Homer, 2006) Damems Junction signal box The Keighley and Worth Valley Railway is a five-mile (eight-km) long heritage railway line in West Yorkshire... The Norwegian climbing into Tenterden Town Station The Kent & East Sussex Railway was opened by Colonel H.F. Stephens, the railway engineer, in 1900. ... Kirklees light railway is a Narrow gauge railway in Kirklees, consisting of 8 miles (13 km) of 15 inch (381 mm) gauge line running along an old branch line which used to connect Clayton West and Skelmanthorpe with the main Sheffield-Huddersfield line. ... Fairburn tank 42085 at Lakeside station. ... The Lappa Valley Steam Railway is of 15 (375mm) gauge. ... The Launceston Steam Railway in Cornwall operates for 2 miles, on a 2ft (600mm) gauge. ... The Lavender Line is a heritage railway based at Isfield station, near Uckfield in East Sussex. ... The Leighton Buzzard Light Railway (LBLR) is a narrow-gauge light railway in the town of Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire, England It operates on a 2 ft (610 mm) gauge, and is just under 3mi (4. ... The Lincolnshire Wolds Railway is a heritage railway based at Ludborough station, near Grimsby in Lincolnshire. ... The Lynton & Barnstaple Railway (L&B) was a narrow-gauge railway running through the rugged and picturesque countryside of Exmoor in North Devon, England. ... It has been suggested that Mid Hants Railway be merged into this article or section. ... Class 101 DMU at Dereham. ... The Middy in summer. ... The Middleton Steam Railway is the worlds oldest working railway. ... Midland Railway 156 Class 158A in the museum amongst other exhibits. ... Wansford station viewed from the road A view of the station at Peterborough Swedish B Class No. ... The North Gloucestershire Railway (NGR) is a narrow gauge railway running alongside the Gloucestershire and Warwickshire Railway at Toddington. ... The North Norfolk Railway -- also known as the Poppy Line -- is a heritage railway in Norfolk, England, running between the coastal town of Sheringham and Holt which is further inland. ... The North Tyneside Steam Railway Association operates this 2-mile standard gauge preserved railway between the Stephenson Railway Museum and near to Percy Main metro station in North Shields. ... A diesel train on the NYMR Goathland station. ... Steam Locomotive 7646 Northampton officially named by the Mayor of Northampton The Northampton & Lamport Railway is a standard gauge heritage railway in Northamptonshire England, and is based at Pitsford and Brampton station, roughly 5 miles (8 km) north of Northampton. ... The Northamptonshire Ironstone Railway Trust operates a 1Â½ mile long heritage railway line at Hunsbury Hill, SW of Northampton. ... The Nottingham Transport Heritage Centre operates nearly ten miles of the old Great Central Railway main line in Nottingham. ... A train on the Paignton and Dartmouth Steam Railway leaving Kingswear railway station Situated in Devon and arguably one of the most picturesque lines in England, the standard gauge Paignton & Dartmouth Steam Railway operates from Paignton to Kingswear along the former Great Western Railway line. ... In 1968 the former Midland Railway main line from London to Manchester (originally built as the Manchester, Buxton, Matlock and Midlands Junction Railway), was closed between Matlock and Buxton in Derbyshire. ... The Perrygrove Railway is a Minimum Gauge Railway running on 15 inch gauge track. ... The Plym Valley Railway is part of the closed Yelverton - Launceston branch line of the Great Western Railway in Cornwall. ... The terminus of the Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway at Dalegarth Station near Boot. ... The Ribble Steam Railway, located on Preston Docks, is a recently formed project, which opened to the public in September 2005. ... Two 15in trains Preparing train in Hythe The Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Railway is a 15 inch (380 mm) gauge heritage railway in Kent, England. ... Excalibur at Rudyard Lake Steam Railway The Rudyard Lake Steam Railway is a superb minimum gauge railway and the third railway of any gauge to run along the side of Rudyard Lake in Staffordshire. ... The Rushden, Higham & Wellingborough Railway is a heritage railway operated by the Rushden Historical Transport Society in the United Kingdom. ... Seaton Tramway The Seaton Tramway is a 838 mm (2 ft 9 in) narrow gauge tram line which operates over a former axed British Rail (BR) branch line in Seaton, Devon. ... LMS Ivatt Class 2MT 2-6-0 no. ... The Sittingbourne & Kemsley Light Railway operates a 2ft (610mm) gauge railway line from Sittingbourne to the banks of the The Swale. ... The South Devon Railway Trust is a charity organisation that operates a heritage railway from Totnes to Buckfastleigh in Devon, alongside the River Dart. ... Polish locomotive. ... Jinty 47493. ... Stainmore Railway Company is a volunteer run non-profit company aiming to restore Kirkby Stephen East railway station in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria, England. ... The Steeple Grange Light Railway is a narrow gauge railway near Wirksworth in Derbyshire. ... Swanage station is decorated with railway memorabilia. ... The Swindon & Cricklade Railway in Wiltshire operates a short section of the old Midland and South Western Junction Railway line between Swindon and Cricklade. ... The Tanfield Railway is a tourist attraction in County Durham, England, operating preserved steam and diesel industrial locomotives. ... Map sources for Telford Steam Railway at grid reference SJ676075 The Telford Steam Railway is a small heritage railway located at Horsehay, Telford in Shropshire. ... Half-way station VER Carriages Detail of the tracks in front of the carriage shed showing the electrified third rail. ... // Line History The Weardale Railway was set up to operate trains along the former North Eastern Railway branch from Bishop Auckland to Eastgate, County Durham. ... The Wells and Walsingham Light Railway is a 10. ... A ticket issued by the Wensleydale Railway in 2003. ... The West Somerset Railway (WSR) is a heritage railway that runs along the edge of the Quantock Hills in Somerset, England, between Bishops Lydeard and Watchet. ... The Wisbech and March Bramleyline is an embryonic heritage railway that aims to reinstate services over the disused March to Wisbech line. ... Yaxham Light Railway is a narrow gauge light railway situated adjacent to Yaxham railway station on the Mid-Norfolk Railway. ...

Centres and Museums: Barrow Hill Engine Shed • Birmingham Museum • Bressingham Steam Museum • Buckinghamshire Centre • Coventry Centre • Darlington Centre and Museum • Didcot Centre • East Anglian Railway Museum • Kew Bridge Steam Museum • Mangapps Museum • Moseley Trust • National Museum, York • Rutland Museum • Shildon Museum • Swindon Steam Museum • The Railway Age, Crewe • Walthamstow Pump House The Barrow Hill Engine Shed is a former Midland Railway roundhouse in Derbyshire. ... The Birmingham Railway Museum Trust operates two subsidiaries: Tyseley Locomotive Works and Vintage Trains. ... 70013, Oliver Cromwell, at Bressingham, May 2004 Bressingham Steam & Gardens is a steam museum and garden centre located at Bressingham, west of Diss in Norfolk, England. ... Buckinghamshire Railway Centre is a railway museum operated by the Quainton Railway Society Ltd. ... Coventry Railway Centre is located south of the city, near the airport. ... Darlington Railway Centre and Museum is located on the 1825 route of the Stockton and Darlington Railway which was the worlds first steam powered passenger railway. ... General view, including engine sheds, of part of the site on a cold January day The Didcot Railway Centre, located in the Oxfordshire town of Didcot, is a comprehensive exhibition of Great Western Railway rolling stock. ... The museum and station The East Anglian Railway Museum is located at Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station in Essex, which is situated on the former Great Eastern Railway branch line from Marks Tey to Sudbury. ... Kew Bridge Steam Museum houses a museum of water delivery and a collection of steam engines including the worlds largest running steam engine. ... The Mangapps Railway Museum (previously Mangapps Farm Railway Museum) is a heritage railway located near Burnham-on-Crouch in Essex. ... The Moseley Railway Trust is a major British collection of industrial narrow gauge locomotives and other equipment. ... Steam Hauled passenger train Demonstration of a Goods Train The Rutland Railway Museum occupies an area of nearly 7 acres (28,000 mÂ²) on part of the former Midland Railway mineral branch line in Rutland. ... Outside the main building at Locomotion, Shildon, County Durham The Locomotion Museum is part of the National Museum of Science and History (NMSI). ... Steam railway trains are hard to make and and put together some times you can get burnt and hurt that why some works make arms and legs for the people ... The Railway Age is a Railway Museum in Crewe, England. ... The Pump House Steam and Transport Museum is a museum in Walthamstow focusing on the pioneering achievements in road, rail, air and sea transport in the River Lea valley from the early 1800s. ...

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