National Railway Museum

Bahamas and Rocket take centre stage at open weekend

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Sam Hewitt

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25th June 2019

STANIER ‘Jubilee’ No. 45596 Bahamas will be returning to the Midlands this month as the star exhibit at the Tyseley Locomotive Works/Vintage Trains open weekend on June 22-23. No. 45596 made its public debut at the Tyseley open weekend last September upon completion of its Heritage Lottery-funded overhaul, but since its main line trials and subsequent…
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Paddington hosts HST farewell

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Sam Hewitt

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12th June 2019

After almost 44 years of sterling service, the InterCity 125 – which transformed long-distance travel for British Rail – has ended its association with London Paddington.
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National Railway Museum to uncover truth about the ‘Hetton Lyon’

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Sam Hewitt

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1st May 2019

The National Railway Museum has begun an investigation into the true origins of the Hetton Colliery loco Lyon of 1855.
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New hope for Green Arrow and ‘J52’ as NRM sets out its long-term operating strategy

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Sam Hewitt

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2nd April 2019

THE National Railway Museum has published its long-awaited new strategy for operating rail vehicles from the National Collection over the next 15 years. The 20-page report sets out how the Science Museum Group (SMG) plans to operate its fleet, and which vehicles will be available for main line use, operation within its NRM, Shildon and…
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Calbourne and black ‘Radial’ for Bluebell’s branch gala

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Sam Hewitt

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14th March 2019

The Isle of Wight Steam Railway’s ex-LSWR ‘O2’ No. W24 Calbourne will be returning to the UK mainland.
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No. 60007 joins Hosking fleet at Crewe

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Sam Hewitt

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13th March 2019

The agreement will see No. 60007 step into the void left by classmate No. 4464 Bittern at Crewe.
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A Phoenix from the Ashes

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Sam Hewitt

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6th March 2019

If ever a place deserved to rise from the ashes, then it is Sierra Leone’s National Railway Museum (SLNRM). Nicola Fox tells the fascinating history of a museum, whose locomotives were less than a week from being scrapped, plus its on-going British connections. On the western coast of Africa lies a small country with a…
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GCR to become ‘Cromwell’s’ new custodian?

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Sam Hewitt

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4th March 2019

THE 14-year relationship between ‘Britannia’ No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell and the 5305 Locomotive Association (5305LA) has come to an end. The BR Pacific’s owner, the National Railway Museum, has decreed the custodial agreement between the two organisations would not be extended. Instead responsibility for the locomotive could be passed directly to the Great Central Railway…
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Flying Scotsman heads railway tribute to Sir William McAlpine

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Sam Hewitt

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28th February 2019

THE railway industry paid tribute to one of its leading figures of the past few decades on January 11 when No. 60103 Flying Scotsman hauled a special train from King’s Cross to York. ‘The Scotsman’s Salute’ ran as a memorial to Sir William McAlpine, who passed away in March 2018, and carried members of his family,…
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‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage

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Sam Hewitt

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18th February 2019

CELEBRITY ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman will pair up with one of the carriages that travelled with it across the Atlantic during its ill-fated tour of North America when it visits the Swanage Railway this spring. The National Railway Museum’s Gresley Pacific will spend 20 days on the Dorset line from March 22 to April 10,…
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