Railway Museums UK
National Railway Museum York and Shildon
| The National Railway Museum is a museum in York forming part of the Science Museum Group. The museum tells the story of rail transport in Britain and its impact on society. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles such as 'Mallard', the Stirling Single, the 'Duchess of Hamilton' and a Japanese bullet train. In addition, the National Railway Museum holds a diverse collection of other objects from a household recipe book used in George Stephenson’s house to a film showing the "never stop railway" developed for the British Empire Exhibition. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001. |
2007
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Black Five 5000 |
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LBSCR 'Gladstone' |
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GWR 2-8-0 No2318 |
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BR prototype HST No41001 |
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Furness Railway No3 |
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LMS 0-4-0 shunter |
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Bauxite loco and coach |
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Broad Gauge 'Iron Duke' |
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Midland Railway Single |
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D1023 'Western Fusilier' |
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55002 Deltic 'The King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry' |
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34051 'Winston Churchill' |
2008
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Class 87 AC electric bo-bo No87001 |
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Ffestiniog double Fairlie 'Livingston Thompson' |
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Japanese Tokaido driving car |
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LNWR 'Hardwicke' on turntable |
2009
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Duchess of Hamilton 6220 |
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LNWR 'Hardwicke' on turntable |
2012
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No96 Aerolite |
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5972 'Hogwarts Castle' |
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L&YR Crab 2-6-0 No13000 |
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LNER saddle tank No247 |
2013 'The Great Gathering' of A4 Pacifics
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3717 'City of Truro' |
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60007 'Sir Nigel Gresley' |
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60008 'Dwight D Eisenhower' |
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60009 'Union of South Africa' |
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A collection of A4s |
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4489 'Dominion of Canada' |