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National Railway Museum

Discussion in 'National Railway Museum' started by admin, Apr 18, 2008.

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  1. Sidmouth

    Sidmouth Resident of Nat Pres Staff Member Moderator

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    the $10000 question is what is the NRM's purpose in the UK ? Is it a introduction into railway history , does it tell a broad or a more specialised story , how static is the collection and how much rotates so its evolving

    The biggest issue for the NRM is we have an excellent network of heritage railways which bring so many facets of our rich railway heritage to life far better and without some of the museum constraints than the NRM could ever do so it denudes some purpose away from the NRM

    I am wary of jumping on the it has to be in steam bandwagon . First and foremost enthusiasts are like addicts looking for the next fix . To the point of 563 the interest is now because its new . at the end of the ticket then what ? sorry to say but fickle enthusiasts will have moved on to their next fix and worst case what was once a museum exhibit will be decaying in outside storage . Most railways struggle with undercover storage for items awaiting overhaul
     
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    Contrast the NRM and the superb use of technology in Hopetown, engaging young people, the selfie opps, how many actually record the moving Skerne Bridge painting on their phones, the excellent multi media interpretative presentations during the SD200 in the lower carriage shed, whereas the NRM has badly placed boards alongside some exhibits. Sadly the new shed at Locomotion follows the pattern, narrow aisles, exhibits jammed together, a vague theme cohesion but no attempt to highlight alone a star like say the NER snowplough, which could have so much more context with film etc.
     
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    torgormaig Part of the furniture Friend

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    And in other NRM news the 1845 built LNWR 2-2-2 "Columbine" returned to York yesterday and is temporally displayed on the turntable. A former resident of the old York Museum it has spent much of the last century in the city. In the 1990s it was transferred to the Science Museum where it was oddly displayed minus its tender but it is now a complete loco once again.
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    Here it is displayed in front of Evening Star which is a mere 115 years its junior

    Peter
     
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    Lovely to see her finally back with her tender again. Guessing her coming out of London is the sign of the Science Museum stepping up preparations for their own gallery do-overs.

    In other news, looks like it's the Chinese loco's turn to get the decontamination treatment. I was amazed to see they managed to move the loco (not the tender) onto that road.
     
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    torgormaig Part of the furniture Friend

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    KF7 moved surprisingly easily once we had worked out where the joint for the stoker screw between engine and tender was. And what's more the loco together with Niteq (the NRM's battery shunting devise) were a snug fit on the turntable which saved a lot of bother.

    A couple of pictures, one showing the stoker screw with the joint hidden within a sleeve.
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    And here is the loco coupled to Niteq on the turntable
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    Peter
     
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  7. Jamessquared

    Jamessquared Nat Pres stalwart

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    That first photo might have caused some head scratching as a "where" photo in the UK part of the picture puzzle thread!

    Tom
     
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