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« on: March 28, 2019, 01:07:57 »

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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.

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« Reply #1 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.
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« Reply #2 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

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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.

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« Reply #3 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
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