Forum: National Railway Museum

Last week the locomotive 45428 Black Five was renamed in honour of the late Eric Treacy,*a renowned railway photographer. The electric locomotive...

It's brilliant and you must go. It's a big site and they've got a fine collection of steam locos from the 19th century up to the mid-1960s, also a...

Most people are probably aware that the NRM’s star loco Mallard has gone on her holidays from York and is now on display at Locomotion in Shildon...

I’ve been asked recently where I have spent the last three weeks, as my blog updates have been missing. Well, one has to take time off occasionally,...

Hogwarts Castle, the locomotive from the Harry Potter film arrived in the museum on Tuesday 3/8/10. She was grubby as expected for a working steam...

Does the NRM have a list you can download or call by phone for stating which Locomotives are in York, Shildon, or on loan so you know where to go, if...

While Stathis is on*the subject of cleaning engines – and I must admit that I quite enjoyed my brief stint of loco cleaning alongside*the...

Well, not entirely true – you wouldn’t want to see hours in front of the computer screen, or people sitting in meetings, or the hours travelling to...

I was reading the National Gallery website this week and see that their new exhibition focuses on a group of paintings by Frederick Cayley Robinson,...

Last week a course for shunters and drivers was held at Locomotion for Richard Pearson and the team – plus recertification in both grades for myself....

We have recently placed LMS Crab No. 2700 in the conservation workshop at Shildon for Phil Anderson to work his magic on, returning the loco to LMS...

As part of “getting to know the collections”, staff in Search Engine (the NRM’s library and archive centre) come up with a Fact of the Day that they...

On 17th July I was invited to the opening of Rails to the Sands in Cleethorpes, the first exhibition mounted by the Miniature Railway Museum Trust....

After Mallard’s move to Shildon, it was our plan to put the stunning South Eastern & Chatham Railway “D” class 4-4-0 loco No.737 and Pullman Carriage...

Some of you may know that in 2011 the NRM will be opening a dedicated Art Gallery space within the museum. This will showcase a programme of changing...

When Locomotion opened in 2004, one of the major exhibits to be housed under cover for the first time was the iconic Experimental Advanced Passenger...

Are there any plans for a diesel/modern traction event at Shildon this year? The previous two were exceptionally good, although I appreciate that the...

Workloads are very heavy on all of us at the moment, so apologies for the lack of updates of late. However, I though readers might like to see some...

After a frenetic few days, National Collection icon “Mallard” is back on public display, now in the Collection building at Shildon. Cab access steps...