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unusual facts about National Railway Museum


Nina Douglas-Hamilton, Duchess of Hamilton

A Princess Coronation Class steam locomotive was named after her, which is on static display at the National Railway Museum, York.


CP Class 1500

64 years after construction (as of 2012), some still survive with private operators and one locomotive is preserved at Portugal's National Railway Museum at Entroncamento.

GNR Stirling 4-2-2

The locomotive is in good mechanical condition, and was used recently to act as a star player in York Theatre Royal's stage-performance of The Railway Children play, in which it was seen to move into a stage set of a period station, created initially at the National Railway Museum and more recently in the redundant Waterloo International station.

GWR 4000 Class 4003 Lode Star

Lode Star was preserved at the Great Western Museum in Swindon from 1962, and was transferred to the National Railway Museum in York in 1992, where it is a static non-working exhibit.

Helena Wojtczak

The book was launched at the House of Commons, at the TUC Conference 2005 and at the National Railway Museum.

Heritage Railway Association

The trophies awarded for three awards are lent to the HRA by the National Railway Museum (NRM), based at York.

Locomotive Publishing Company

In 1992 the archive, together with its associated rights, was acquired by the National Railway Museum, with the assistance of the National Heritage Memorial Fund.

Marshall Lancaster

Until 23 August 2008 he starred in the York Theatre Royal's production of Mike Kenny's adaptation of The Railway Children alongside Colin Tarrant and Sarah Quintrell at the National Railway Museum.

National Railway Museum Inclinator

The National Railway Museum Inclinator was a short demonstration funicular railway located inside the National Railway Museum in the English city of York.

Thundersley

The London Tilbury and Southend LT&SR 79 Class 4-4-2T No. 80 locomotive Thundersley was named after this area, and it is on exhibition at Bressingham Steam and Gardens in Norfolk, on loan from the National Railway Museum.

Winson Engineering

Preparation of Ffestiniog Railway Fairlie 0-4-4-0T Livingston Thompson for display in the National Railway Museum


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