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Title: National Railway Museums - merged posts Post by: grahame on March 28, 2019, 01:07:57 from the Daily Mail (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6857953/Museums-train-display-hold-locomotive-use.html)
Quote Train exhibit is delayed... as it's still in use! Museum's display of the 1980s Pacer diesel model is put on hold as rail providers still haven't updated their fleets Rail operator Northern is still running several British Rail Pacer 142 trains They were meant to be replacing them with Spanish-built trains last year The National Railway Museum has halted its latest exhibit over their use Bosses at the National Railway Museum had hoped to be showing off their latest exhibit by now – a Pacer diesel model built in the 1980s. However, the train’s arrival has now been delayed (of course!) as 100 of the converted buses are still being widely used across northern England. Rail operator Northern was meant to start phasing them out at the end of last year, replacing them with more spacious, air conditioned Spanish-built trains. Title: National Railway Museum, York - merged posts Post by: Hal on April 26, 2021, 10:36:14 https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/heritage-and-retro/heritage/covid-railway-heroes-to-star-as-yorks-national-railway-museum-reveals-reopening-plans-3213350
The Yorkshire Post reports that the National Railway Museum in York will reopen on 19 May with an exhibition about railway people's response to the Covid-19 crisis. Pre-booked tickets available from today. Title: National Railway Museum at Shildon Post by: grahame on October 22, 2024, 06:40:34 20 years after opening to the public on 22nd October 2004, a thread on the National Railway Museum at Shildon. We have several mentions across the Coffee Shop over the years, but when it popped up "on the day", no specific thread on the museum in general. To start you - from the Museums Association (https://www.museumsassociation.org/museums-journal/news/2024/05/railway-museum-locomotion-opens-new-building/#)
Quote The Science Museum Group (SMG) has opened an £8m building to house its collections at Locomotion in Shildon, County Durham. The New Hall development is part of a wider £95m masterplan project across Locomotion and the National Railway Museum in York, which is also run by SMG. Both venues are benefiting from new spaces and conservation work on their collections. The new building at Shildon is the museum’s most significant regeneration project since it opened 20 years ago, making it the largest undercover collection of historic rail vehicles anywhere in Europe. More than 100 vehicles are now on display, celebrating the role of Shildon as the world’s first railway town. http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/21714 Title: Re: National Railway Museum at Shildon Post by: stuving on October 22, 2024, 09:44:04 20 years after opening to the public on 22nd October 2004, a thread on the National Railway Museum at Shildon. We have several mentions across the Coffee Shop over the years, but when it popped up "on the day", no specific thread on the museum in general. The new building at Shildon was included in the thread about the "Vision 2025 masterplan" programme, but being relatively uncontroversial there was less said about it than the bit at York. http://www.firstgreatwestern.info/coffeeshop/index.php?topic=24394.msg299049#msg299049 This page is printed from the "Coffee Shop" forum at http://gwr.passenger.chat which is provided by a customer of Great Western Railway. Views expressed are those of the individual posters concerned. Visit www.gwr.com for the official Great Western Railway website. Please contact the administrators of this site if you feel that content provided contravenes our posting rules ( see http://railcustomer.info/1761 ). The forum is hosted by Well House Consultants - http://www.wellho.net |