LBSCR Gladstone showing where the crest was
places when conveying Queen Victoria
I am sure the Queen had a much grander conveyance
to and from the station
NRM York
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Tuesday, 31 March 2015
The National Railway Museum York
You will have a very good day out
Ancient, Stephensons Rocket
And modern, Class 31 Diesel locomotive
The heraldry of the railways
The royal crest carried by Queen Victoria's train
Sir Winston Churchill
The luxury of the Pullman's
Somewhat better than our present day mundanety
King Edward VII saloon at the National Railway Museum.
Queen Victoria refused to allow any of her trains to travel more than 40mph in daylight and 30mph at night. It is said that she had a special signal installed on the roof of one of her carriages so she could instruct the driver to slow down if she felt he was going too fast.
Edward VII (1841-1910) took an active interest in the design of his carriages. He requested this be styled similar to the Royal Yacht.
LNWR King Edward's Saloon (LMS) No. 800 - 1977.
Number: DS050167-19783
King Edward VII's Royal Saloon. Built in 1903.
LNWR King Edward VII's 65'6" Saloon in LNWR plum & spilt milk livery; designed by C A Park of the LNWR and built at Wolverton, 1903. The LNWR did not number it's Royal coaches. At the National Railway Museum York
The above are from the lens of Mick Higgins
Sorry about the reflections
NRM York Get up close see what the driver saw
See the engine from the drivers position, get on the
footplate
London Brighton & South Coast Railway, 0-4-2 No 214, "Gladstone", designed by William Stroudley, built at Brighton in 1882, withdrawn 1927.
Compare with complexity of the Southern Railway
and a Battle of Britain Pacific
The National Railway Museum York
We are undoubtedly well blessed with one of, if
not the finest railway museum in the world
York is a wonderful city with lots of history to see
and you can easily spend a day in the NRM alone
Always lots to see and exhibits do change
LMS Princess Coronation Class 'Duchess of Hamilton'
A few more from Micks visit to the NRM at York
LMS streamliner 'Duchess of Hamilton'
Some said they looked like a bathtub
upended with go faster stripes
However they did speed up the Euston Glasgow
service though the Princess Royals did their fair
share of that work too.
Many thanks Mick Higgins
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