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Some locomotives on display at the National Railway Museum

The National Railway Museum (NRM) is a museum in York forming part of the British Science Museum Group of National Museums. It tells the story of rail transport in Great Britain and its impact on society. It has won many awards, including the European Museum of the Year Award in 2001. It is the home of the national collection of historically significant railway vehicles. There is also a collection of other artefacts and both written and pictorial records.

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  • Mallard Record Plate 01

    Mallard record plate

  • Chinese Government Railways Class KF7 No 607 National Railway Museum York 15 March 2009

    China Railways KF No. 607

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    Some of the locomotives on display at the National Railway Museum, York

  • Napier Deltic, Alycidon

    Napier Deltic powered British Rail Class 55 D9009 Alycidon, at the National Railway Museum

  • LNER Museum

    Stirling Single in the old LNER Museum

  • GNR C2 990 'Henry Oakley' at Doncaster Works

    Great Northern Railway Class C1 990 Henry Oakley, first Atlantic in Britain, at its birthplace, Doncaster Works

  • Railway signals

    Railway semaphore signals in the Museum's Great Hall

  • National Railway Museum Inclinator

    Former inclinator between floors

  • York Wheel

    The Yorkshire Wheel, sited from 2006 to 2008 at the NRM, was one of the museum's fund raising initiatives

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    The Great Hall (1981)

  • 31018 at the NRM York

    Class 31 No. 31018 on display in the Great Hall (2006)

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    A Japanese 0 Series Shinkansen (No.22-141) at the NRM (2007)

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    4468 Mallard at the National Railway Museum York (2009)

  • Hogwarts Express at York

    Visiting Hogwarts Express engine 5972 Olton Hall (2004)

  • George Stephenson Statue National Railway Museum

    Statue of George Stephenson in the Great Hall

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Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Museo Nacional del Ferrocarril de York para niños

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