National Railway Museum

  • GCR to become ‘Cromwell’s’ new custodian?

    GCR to become ‘Cromwell’s’ new custodian?

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    THE 14-year relationship between ‘Britannia’ No. 70013 Oliver Cromwell and the 5305 Locomotive Association (5305LA) has come to an end. The BR Pacific’s owner, the National Railway Museum, has decreed the custodial agreement between the two organisations would not be extended. Instead responsibility for the locomotive could be passed directly to the Great Central Railway…

  • Flying Scotsman heads railway tribute to Sir William McAlpine

    Flying Scotsman heads railway tribute to Sir William McAlpine

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    THE railway industry paid tribute to one of its leading figures of the past few decades on January 11 when No. 60103 Flying Scotsman hauled a special train from King’s Cross to York. ‘The Scotsman’s Salute’ ran as a memorial to Sir William McAlpine, who passed away in March 2018, and carried members of his family,…

  • ‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage

    ‘Scotsman’ to reunite with ‘Devon Belle’ car at Swanage

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    CELEBRITY ‘A3’ No. 60103 Flying Scotsman will pair up with one of the carriages that travelled with it across the Atlantic during its ill-fated tour of North America when it visits the Swanage Railway this spring. The National Railway Museum’s Gresley Pacific will spend 20 days on the Dorset line from March 22 to April 10,…

  • Your Gallery | Flying Scotsman at NRM

    Your Gallery | Flying Scotsman at NRM

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    Look at this LNER Class A3 4472 Flying Scotsman being coaled up at the National Railway Museum

  • 2018 Autumn steam gala round-up: Mid-Hants goes BR black for season-ending spectacular…

    2018 Autumn steam gala round-up: Mid-Hants goes BR black for season-ending spectacular…

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    THE quote often attributed to Henry Ford about “a car painted any colour so long as it’s black” had a certain resonance on the final day of the Mid-Hants Railway’s Autumn Steam Gala, with perhaps a little editing to say “a locomotive painted any colour so long as it’s BR black”. Whether by coincidence or…

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