The National Railway Museum (NRM) [129 photos] in SE59415187

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The National Railway Museum (NRM)

The National Railway Museum in York displays a collection of over 100 locomotives and nearly 300 other items of rolling stock, virtually all of which either ran on the railways of Great Britain or were built here.

The museum first opened in 1975, housed in the huge former steam locomotive depot at Leeman Road next to the East Coast Main Line, near York railway station and only 700m from York Minster. In 1990, the Station Hall opened in York’s former railway goods depot across Leeman Road, nearly doubling the size of the museum in the process. The former diesel depot adjacent to the Great Hall was added as a store and in 1999 this was rebuilt to become “The Works”, providing public access to the Museum’s collections stores and workshops and a viewing gallery overlooking York Station. Today, the NRM is one of Britain’s busiest museums and is possibly the most popular railway museum in the world, attracting 931,000 visitors in 2013 Link

by David Dixon

Created: Sat, 5 Jul 2014, Updated: Sat, 5 Jul 2014

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SE5951 : Countess of York, National Railway Museum by PAUL FARMER

SE5951 : Locomotives from the balcony by DS Pugh

SE5952 : Mallard; LNER 4468 by James Allan

SE5952 : Soyuz on the turntable by DS Pugh

SE5951 : Another historic train by Bob Harvey

NZ2325 : The Flying Scotsman at Shildon by DS Pugh

NZ2325 : Flying Scotsman on the running line by DS Pugh

SE5951 : Illuminating York 2016 - Gresley's Mallard by DS Pugh

SE5951 : A spread of years by Bob Harvey

NZ2325 : Cycle path passing Light Engine by DS Pugh

SE5951 : Varnished Teak - in closeup by Bob Harvey

SE5951 : Miniature railway at the National Railway Museum, York by Malc McDonald

SE5951 : Railway Museum Sidings by David Dixon

SE5951 : National Railway Museum - York - (2) by The Carlisle Kid

SE5951 : National Railway Museum entrance by DS Pugh

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