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Author Archives: John McGoldrick, Curator of Railways
The locomotive that doesn’t exist
It’s probably obvious to most of my colleagues that I am more than a little fond of our amazing railway models collection. And a less well known area of that collection are the concept models, made to promote the benefits … Continue reading
A Christmas jigsaw for clumsy railway staff
As a last minute Christmas card, this object from the Museum’s small objects collection is pretty useful. The jigsaw was given by the Great Western Railway around 1935 as a Christmas present to employees, as a way of reminding them to … Continue reading
The piece of plastic that keeps the rail network running
This dispatch baton, recently donated to the museum, may be a familiar sight to many of you. It is usually wielded by a member of platform staff at larger stations to signal that a train is ready to leave If … Continue reading
Posted in Small object collections
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A Charles II-era gold coin uncovered
Over the past month, the Knowledge & Collections department has been host to Elanor Henry, a member of the Museum and Artefacts Studies Course at the University of Durham. Elanor’s main aim was to gain firsthand experience working in a … Continue reading
Posted in Small object collections
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If you’re sick on the train . . .
This is something I had to share with you. People often complain of air, car or sea sickness, but train sickness is a less widely reported phenomenon. It does affect a lot of people though, especially with modern tilting trains. … Continue reading
Posted in Small object collections
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A warning to trainspotters (part 2)
Just a quick follow up to my posting of a couple of weeks ago on the trainspotters warning sign from Nine Elms locomotive depot. I have since managed to track down a series of photographs showing the state of the depot … Continue reading
Posted in Research
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A warning to trainspotters
While looking through one of the railway auction house catalogues, I was intrigued when I came across this sign from the old Nine Elms locomotive depot in South London. We had to have it. For a museum devoted to railways, we … Continue reading
