Category Archives: Rail vehicle collections

Bringing the Prototype HST back to life

Posted on February 14, 2013 by

January 2012, and the prototype High Speed Train power car is getting closer and closer to roaring back into life thanks to the hard work of the 125 Group, the benevolent staff of East Midlands Trains at their Neville Hill … Continue reading →

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The secret messages revealed by our A4 loco restorers

Posted on January 25, 2013 by

During the work we’ve been doing to cosmetically restore LNER Class A4 60008 Dwight D. Eisenhower since it was repatriated from the US, we’ve uncovered a surprise: a list of names. In the US, Dwight’s motion was painted with several coats … Continue reading →

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Picture of the week: Diesel locomotive, 1957

Posted on December 6, 2012 by

To celebrate the launch of our new railway photos section with over 3500 Creative Commons-licensed images from our collection, our staff are choosing some one of their favourite photos for this blog. Here’s Peter Thorpe, Search Engine Visitor Assistant: This is a Brush Type 2 … Continue reading →

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Mallard 75: moving a loco 75 feet sideways and 1800 miles east

Posted on August 23, 2012 by

How to move something that weighs over 100 tons 75 feet sideways and then about 1800 miles to Halifax, Canada – over twice the distance from Lands End to John O’Groats? So that then all you need to do is … Continue reading →

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The HST prototype project: strides forward

Posted on July 17, 2012 by

40 years ago the High Speed Train was delivered from concept to testing in only 22 months. 40 years later, the 125 Group’s Project Miller – the restoration to working order of the surviving original HST prototype power car, number … Continue reading →

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Preparing for Railfest

Posted on May 28, 2012 by

This is one of a series of blog posts we’ll be bringing you in the run-up to our huge 9-day Railfest 2012 festival in June 2012. More blog posts about Railfest 2012 The sun is shining and a whole team … Continue reading →

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Railfest 2012: readying the prototype HST

Posted on May 21, 2012 by

This is one of a series of blog posts we’ll be bringing you in the run-up to our huge 9-day Railfest 2012 festival in June 2012. More blog posts about Railfest 2012 Sometimes the idea of working in a museum … Continue reading →

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Station Hall lighting competition

Posted on November 1, 2011 by

For the last three years the National Railway Museum has hosted an event as part of Illuminating York. This year ‘Locos in a Different Light’ was held in Station Hall, and it gave us a fantastic opportunity to see how … Continue reading →

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An art gallery, a shire horse and a dray

Posted on October 7, 2011 by

We’re about to start installing the next exhibition for our Art Gallery. The Art of Advertising will feature posters and paintings from the NRM collection as well as loans from Tate, Bradford Museums and Galleries and York Art Gallery. The exhibition … Continue reading →

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LMS Steam Weekend: applying LMS varnish fix transfers

Posted on September 22, 2011 by

Over the past 15 months, we’ve been restoring the 5987 LMS 3rd Class Corridor Brake. Our original plans for a Period III livery scheme (1940-49) were changed when Adrian Ashby, painter and leader of the Duchess support crew, had the … Continue reading →

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