NATIONAL RAILWAY MUSEUM:
- The Rocket, Mallard, Shinkansen, Eurostar, Evening Star, Duchess of Hamilton, Queen Mary's saloon, China Railways, The Great Hall, Station Hall
The National Railway Museum, that I visited, is the largest railway museum in the world by number of visitors (about one million a year), and one of the largest in size. It was established in 1975 and features several historical trains like, some of the most famous ones are: a replica of George Stephenson's the Rocket (that was one of the first locomotive built, a yellow train that was the winner of the 1829 Rainhill Trials), the 4668 Mallard (very futuristic blue train built in 1938, that is still the world's fastest steam locomotive), Duchess of Hamilton (a 1938 red art deco train), a Shinkansen Series 0 (the futuristic Japanese fastspeed train from 1964-2008), Eurostar (the fast speed train that trafficates the rail tunnel underneath the channel between England and France), an ambulance train, a post train. Some of them can be visited inside. It is home to the national collection of railway vehicles and artefacts, with 280 rail vehicles. There is approximately 100 vehicles in the York museum at one time. The museum is sitauted between River Ouse and Leeman Road, right behind the York Station.
The museum consists of two main buildings; The Great Hall is the main hall where locomotives are placed on a turntable, and in the former garage there is the large vintage Station Hall with lots of trains, platforms, train vechicles and other objects. Lots of cars, vehicles and working model trains can also be seen. In the Station Hall you find Queen Mary's saloon (used 1900-1970s), that was the queen's luxorious own private carriage. There are also two cafés and a souvenir shop. There is a also a mystery dective play called "The Missing Passenger", that visitors can take part in.
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A replica of Stephenson’s The Rocket.
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Duchess of Hamilton
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The Mallard
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Chinese steam locomotive
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Eurostar, the train that trafficates the tunnel between England and France.
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Shinkansen, Japanese fastspeed train.
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