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| Above: A video shot in the roundhouse starts of with a view of 'Gladstone' with its large ornate headboard and pans around to the right showing, amongst other things the Midland compound no 1000 which is to the left of the tender. The tenders belongs to a Merchant Navy class which has had various parts cut off in order to explain how steam engines work. The panned shot finishes at the 'Deltic' 55002 'The Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry'. This link takes you to the Deltic Preservation Society's site for more information on Deltic's | Above: The LNER Green Arrow No 4771 a 2-6-2 'Prairie' Tender Engine. Or to some of us youngsters (i.e. me at 62 yo) it was 60800 . This video was filmed in the workshop part of the museum where the engine is obviously having to TLC lavished on it's 'working bits'. Well, lets face it, I don't know what they were doing to it! The LNER link here will take you off to find out all you need to know about the engine and the rest of the LNER as well!. | ||
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| Hmmm! Not quite sure what this is! I don't seem to remember reading the display text and can't be absolutely convinced I can find it on the NRM locomotive list! I'll need to pay more attention next time! | Built in 1892 for the LNWR, 'Hardwicke' a 2-4-0 express engine, you can tell this just by looking at the size of the driving wheels, sits as the centre of attention on the turntable in the 'roundhouse'. | ||
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| A replica of the 'Iron Duke' I think its certainly the only broad gauge (7 ft) engine I have ever seen. 5 | I liked the message in this one 'Wish you were here' except I probably didn't. I visited on Thursday 29th March 2007 and the visitors were quite thin on the ground. This was OK by me as it didn't impinge on my camera antics. | ||
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| This is the 1979 'Rocket' reproduction. The locomotive list for the NRM says there is a sectionalised one as well. I must have missed that. Which just gives me an excuse to go back again! | I thought this was a nifty bit of kit! An underground train that ran automatically between post sorting offices underneath London. I think the network was built in the 1920's and ran until the 1960's. But the again I could be wrong! | ||
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