York National Railway Museum

[mickthecactus]

I love my steam trains. Here's some pictures from our visit last year (and it's a free museum too).

This one actually in steam on the day -



Huge Chinese loco -



Mallard - holder of the world steam loco record -



Duchess of Hamilton just rebuilt in her 1930's livery -



General view round the turntable -

[fumobici]

Excellent. I love transportation museums whether they are devoted to trains, autos, motorcycles or aircraft. I could probably spend a week there drinking it all in. Those steam engines with the streamlined coachwork look incongruous to me, I don't expect to see steam locomotives and aerodynamic bodywork together.

One of my best days ever was visiting both the Ferrari museum in Maranello and the Ducati museum in Bologna. I'm afraid the photos I took would bore all but the staunchest petrol heads to tears though ;D

[mickthecactus]

Remember it was the 1930's, the Art Deco era, when streamlining was the thing. Makes them look very elegant to me.

I've seen Mallard steaming many times.

Indeed- I only put a tiny number of the pictures I took on here....

[Deleted]

Those are really beautiful. I really must get around to going to the railway museum in Mulhouse one of these days. (As for the Schlumpf automotive museum in the same city, I think I will give it a miss.)

[Jazz]

Great photos, Mick! I love trains, of any period. The Mallard is beautiful.

[mickthecactus]

Just a few more then....

[Deleted]

They look great when they are all spiffed up. When I was a child, there were still some steam locomotives on a lot of the lines (such as the boat train from Le Havre to Paris) and things were not nearly as shiny. Whenever the train went into a tunnel everybody would rush to close the windows as fast as possible, and then of course those grand old train stations of Europe were all black as coal. I never would have guessed that they are actually cream coloured if they had not been painstakingly renovated, sandblasted and steamed after the end of steam engines.

[bixaorellana]

Oh ~~ I somehow completely missed this thread!

These are great pictures, Mick. When they fire those old engines up, do they actually take them anyplace? Are all of the locomotives in the museum actually operable?

The next-to-the-last picture and the last one look like working areas. Is the museum part of a real, once-working train yard?

[mickthecactus]

Most of them are static now Bixa as they need boiler certificates to operate. The odd one does go out and be used on chartered trips. The one at the top just goes about half a mile up the line then returns.

Yes, this once was a working yard and is right next to York main station.

More details here -

www.nrm.org.uk/

[Deleted]

In our developed world of idleness, you would think that more of these locomotives would venture out to animate our leisure activities. What are they waiting for?

[mickthecactus]

Health and safety I'm afraid Kerouac. You can barely move here for regulations to save us from ourselves.

Plus of course the lines are no longer designed for steam trains, few water stops for example, and they get in the way of all the serious modern trains.

Sigh.....................

[hwinpp]

Nice shots, Mick. I especially like the Mallard and the Duchess!

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[mickthecactus]

So Marilyn ,

What are your views on steam engines? Better than diesel or electric?