So i spent a couple of days up in York earlier in the week. My main reason for the visit was to visit the National Railway Museum at its two sites: York and Shildon. NRM York was first, i have been to it before twice. Once when i was a school child and a couple of years ago when i was a bit bigger. Since my last visit my long-dormant interest in railways has exploded and so i was on a mission to gather as much material as possible for my websites...
I like the NRM a lot and they have received an interesting new exhibit recently in the shape of a Eurostar power car (i also saw some at Kingsbury on my train up to York - being scrapped!) The streamlined LMS locomotive was not there last time i visited and that was a fine site, my Dad would have loved to have seen that. My favourite loco there though is a little strange perhaps, being the little battery electric locomotive
NSR 1, it was rather overlooked by most visitors in the Great Hall which is a shame but is a lovely example of Midland Railway engineering in its own way.
You can see my photos at NRM York here.
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| Eurostar power car |
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| Class 76 electric locomotive |
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| Art Deco streamlined LMS locomotive |
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| Battery electric shunter |
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| LNWR EMU |
