Re: [UK] National Rail Museum

["Daniel Bowen" <dbowen@custard.REMOVE.net.au>]

Yeah it's great isn't it. I visited it in '98. Easy to get to, too, only a
few minutes' walk from York station. Outside (when there's no snow,
probably!) there's more trains on display, and rides for the kids.

I also highly recommend the London Transport Museum - terrific displays of
old London train/tube carriages, trams and buses. I once spent about 2 hours
talking to a guide there about trams...


Daniel
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Daniel Bowen, Melbourne, Australia
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"Neil O'Connor" <neil_oconnor@nospam.acslink.net.au> wrote in message
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> Just got back from Europe for business, but while I was there I made the
> effort to go to UK specifically to go see the NRM in York. What a
> terrific place, even in mid winter! The majority is indoors at a
> comfortable temperature (it was snowing outside) and it contained more
> than I could look at even though I was there from opening to closing.
> Not only static exhibits, but live theatre around the exhibits, live
> demonstrations of signalling and the turnable, and audio-visual displays
> everywhere. Too much good stuff to list. I thoroughly recommend this
> place to anybody who is in any way interested in railways.... its magic.
>
> Neil.
>