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Happy 100th birthday to a tiny railway with a big history

Тема в разделе 'National Railway Museum', создана пользователем Russell Hollowood, 27 апр 2013.

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    [​IMG] The Lancashire & Yorkshire Railway Signalling School – a model railway layout used to train real-life signallers – recently celebrated its 100th birthday with a three-day have-a go event here at the museum.

    On Friday, our director Paul Kirkman (below, right) led museum staff in getting to grips with the layout – and for the rest of the day, museum staff learnt the dark art of railway signalling.

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    Saturday was the turn of the professionals: real-life signallers, who’d had their training on this very layout, met old comrades and shared stories of days gone by. Despite the snow, plenty showed up.

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    Finally, everyone enjoyed a piece of Signal School birthday cake.

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    Sunday afternoon was spent helping visitors operate the layout, and centenary celebrations closed with a group photograph.

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    Here’s hoping the Signalling School is still around in 2113.

    Filed under: Small object collections Tagged: history, lancashire and yorkshire, rail, railway, signalling, signalling school, trains [​IMG] [​IMG]

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    Russell Hollowood, 27 апр 2013
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